Word: sittings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...neither entirely broad and general (like the preamble) nor entirely specific and detailed, subjects it to misuse by those such as Bork. Our only recourse now, almost 200 years after the Bill of Right's ratification, is to deny those who would misuse it the chance to sit on Dike's throne...
...rapid growth of employment in service industries compared with manufacturing jobs. In 1972, 26% of the nonagricultural work force was employed in manufacturing; that proportion is now down to 19%. But even office workers face health-related uncertainties, particularly in the age of widespread computerization. Some employees who sit in front of video-display terminals all day complain of neck and shoulder soreness and eye-strain; they may also worry about possible long-term effects on their sight. More and more companies are mandating regular breaks for VDT workers and paying for periodic eye examinations...
Fleming said he hopes his services won't be necessary, but added that he will not sit in Shapiro's vacated seat merely to take up space...
...academic scholarship, finished in the top half of his class, won an international moot court competition and been named the outstanding student in political science at a college he said he graduated from with three degrees. "And," Biden said, delivering the coup de grace, "I'd be delighted to sit back and compare my IQ to yours if you'd like, Frank." So there...
...diner a couple of blocks from campus. Next door is the Holiday Inn, in front of which disgruntled workers are picketing, trying to win a contract. In the busy diner, students grab a quick brunch before heading for the Yale-Brown football game, and New Haven residents sit at the counter warming up with a cup of coffee...