Word: tasked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...story focuses on a woman named Offred, a handmaid whose only role in life is to conceive children for a man and his wife to raise. No small task in a world in which nuclear waste and pesticides have ensured that many women can no longer bear children. The novel follows Offred as she remembers sorrowfully her pre-Gilead days and struggles with a decision to rebel against her society...
...With a 6'3, 6'7, 6'9 starting frontcourt for much of the season, Harvard struggled to exert a presence inside--a task made even more difficult since the 6'7 Clemente is an especially perimeter- and jumpshot-minded...
...Living Wage Campaign, though, is unwilling to negotiate. While the University attempted to placate the campaign by forming an interfaculty task force to analyze its employment practices, the campaign continues to hold visible protests and publicly build support for unconditional surrender--a $10 per hour minimum wage for all workers...
...willingness of the interfaculty task force to analyze the issue pleased campaign members. They were even granted a meeting with Fineberg. But the campaign has not let up in its attempts to humiliate the University publicly, the strategy it believes will ultimately lead to success...
While the Fed was set up to be an apolitical organization to control the nation's money, it far from upholds that aspect of its task--the position has become intensely political, many say. Greenspan acknowledges the political nature of his job arguing that it can be dealt with appropriately as a matter of style and personality...