Word: sit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many employers see enough applicants, but far too few of them have the basic skills -- reading, writing and arithmetic -- to handle jobs in an economy that increasingly runs on technology and information. Scarpato, the laundry-machine vendor, contends that he encounters high school graduates who sit down with a job application and ask what the word address means. Says Scarpato: "If they can't read, I can't train them to follow a wiring diagram and repair machinery...
...lingering question, however, is whether Dukakis can adapt his orderly and idealistic view to the grubby challenges that the U.S. often faces. Would he assert U.S. interests even in those cases where it meant overriding the % sensibilities of neighbors or allies? "Dukakis wouldn't sit twiddling his thumbs if he couldn't get a 14th vote in the Organization of American States for something that was necessary to do," insists Nye. "The guy is really a pragmatic politician...
...think Blacks are smart enough to vote in November," Eddie Starks said. "I don't they will sit out just because Jackson isn't on the ticket. My first choice was Jackson as vice-president, but I've heared some good things about Senator Bentsen...
...Manhattan a first-grader greets her visiting grandparents, happily exclaiming, "Come here, sientate!" Her bemused grandfather, who does not speak Spanish, nevertheless knows she is asking him to sit down. A Miami personnel officer understands what a job applicant means when he says, "Quiero un part time." Nor do drivers miss a beat reading a billboard alongside a Los Angeles street advertising CERVEZA -- SIX-PACK...
Zobel disqualified herself last month during the pre-trial stage of the Gillette case because she and Mockler both sit on the University's governing boards. She said at the time that she wished to avoid the appearance of impropriety, but that she didn't doubt her ability to come to an impartial decision in the case...