Word: steering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this happening to you, ask questions about the job they have available, and discuss your qualifications for it. Don't be passive. Don't answer questions in monosyllables. Be informative, direct, and succinct in your responses. Steer the interviewer into discussion of your interest in the company...
Working through another program called Action Center for Educational Services and Scholarships, Boston companies last year began paying for financial-aid advisers in each of the city's 17 public high schools. The advisers steer students to any available grants, loans or scholarships. When these possibilities are exhausted, ACCESS provides additional cash to ensure that students have the full amount they need for school. This year, 150 of the city's college-bound students got a total of $80,000 in ACCESS funds, an average of $535 for each. "Finding those 'last dollars' often defeats candidates for college," explains Phillips...
Many had witnessed John Belushi's final, drug-filled days in Hollywood, but no one could steer the actor away from his relentless drive for cocaine and, in the end, heroin. Among friends, reports of the comic's marathon binges made his untimely death seem inevitable: another star caught in the darker currents of celebrity...
Until the Daniloff arrest, surveillance of Westerners had often seemed more comical than dangerous. The KGB's imagination is limited to the shabbier vices, and the easy way to avoid being compromised was to steer clear of the usual peccadilloes: sexual misbehavior, currency speculation and smuggling...
...Helmsman Smirnov," as saying "We saw the bulk carrier in the distance. The duty officer started calling it by radio. We took its bearing and realized that the ship would cross our path. After a few moments came the Pyotr Vasev's answer: 'Don't worry. We shall steer clear of each other. We shall do what is needed.' " Yet the freighter failed to change course. Another newspaper report charged that the Admiral Nakhimov's captain was negligent. Both captains were arrested and are in custody pending the outcome of a government investigation, headed by Politburo Member Geidar Aliev...