Word: spurs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...less than three emergency telephones, two first aid caches containing blankets and chemical heat pads, and the Tuckerman Ravine ski Shelter which, although unoccupied at the present time, is available for climbers in distress. The final irony of fate is that he dies just a few yards beyond the Spur Cabin of the Harvard Mountaineering Club where people were staying at that time...
...Spur research by allowing full deduction of research expense in the year that it is undertaken, a practice already followed by many large companies with their own research laboratories. But most small companies must now add the costs of their one-shot research programs to their capital structure, pay it off over a period of years...
works on salesmen's wives to spur their husbands: the company keeps the wives closely informed about sales contests so that they can nag their husbands to greater efforts to win such prizes as a trip to Paris with the wife...
Fast & Loose. Though Cousy (rhymes with woozy) stands a slender 6 ft. 1 in., he is a small man among the outsize players of professional basketball. Cousy makes up for his lack of size with cat-quick reflexes and spur-of-the-moment shots that are almost impossible to defend against. Lean and loose, he goes through muscular gyrations that would awe a contortionist. He is currently among the N.B.A.'s top scorers, the league leader in assists, and an agile defender against men half a foot taller...
...from evaluation and experience. Juniors who had previously been in the non-honors category and who made a strong showing in the examination would be allowed to switch to honors if they wished. Thus, the orals plan would go beyond summing up past performance and could serve as a spur to better work...