Word: skips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guard of six Kuwaiti Cabinet ministers arrived home to reclaim control of their nation. The news was all bad. The oil-well fires were worse than expected, food and medicine were in short supply, water and electricity were memories. But the prime topic of conversation that night was the "Skip problem...
...Skip" in question was Edward ("Skip") Gnehm Jr., 46, the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait. The "problem" was really a fear. Many Kuwaitis were afraid that the U.S., after having freed their country from Iraq's domination, aimed to run the place as an American colony and that Skip Gnehm was George Bush's designated proconsul...
Despite these innovations, many students are still quite unhappy with the quality and variety of Harvard food. And many feel that the all-or-nothing meal plan works against those who frequently skip meals or eat small portions...
When Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. announced that he would be leaving Duke University to head Harvard's Afro-Am Department, students there joked that he was "skipping town." At the time, Stanley E. Fish, the chair of Duke's English Department--in which Gates held a joint appointment--took the matter in stride. But it looks like "skipping town syndrome" might be contagious after...
...Harvard, if Gates ends up there, should beware: its new star is apt to skip town as quickly as he gets there. Nevertheless, the University is better off letting him leave. Engaging in this bidding war only sets a precedent for the future. It will be difficult to draw the line once the numbers start going...