Word: tacks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Carorder.com make such an offer? The answer is because they can. As we all know, tack the .com suffix onto your company name and, suddenly, cash becomes an abundant resource. Who cares how much the new hires actually deserve? Run an ad offering a small fortune, and recruitment becomes just a little bit easier. So, what's the problem? If Carorder.com wants to share some of its wealth with Harvard students, why should we complain...
...mixture of waters drawn from Connecticut, Cuba and Sierra Leone, the home of the kidnapped Africans. The Amistad's first stop after it leaves Mystic in July will be Operation Sail 2000 in New York harbor on July 4. Once that coming-out party is done, it will tack off into coastal waters, sailing from ports in the U.S. and perhaps Cuba and Sierra Leone to carry the tale of the long-ago ship in whose memory it was built. After 161 years, the Amistad name may at last be redeemed...
...Wall Street are complaining about Greenspan's tack. There is general consensus that the economy cannot sustain its current level of growth, which is at the gaudy 5 percent-plus level, and needs to be nudged back down to about 3.5 percent. There is, however, a considerable contingent on the Street that wishes Greenspan would deliver the lumps all at once. While Greenspan argues that the gradual approach will allow for a "soft landing" at a sustainable economic growth rate, this group believes that the gradual rate increases are being ignored by the public - a state of affairs that could...
Having spent the previous week in Columbus, Ga., competing in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Leadoff Classic against Top 25 teams with unspectacular results, the Crimson got the opportunity Saturday to tack a win on to its record against Vermont...
...store opened to little fanfare or advertisement. Company officials said they desired what is called a "soft" opening. But in the next few days, the store will blitz local newspapers with advertisements and tack fliers around campus to notify students of its presence...