Word: term
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this service comes at a cost to the council, which is funded by a $20 undergraduate term bill fee. According to Darling, the council allocated $3,000 to the shuttle program, but hopes to recover most of that cost in ticket sales...
...front of a packed house, Duehay, Russell and Triantafillou said goodbye to Cambridge's legislative body in the last meeting of the council's 1998-99 term...
...guru is a handsome, 40-year-old Highlander named Alasdair MacRae, widely regarded as the most dangerous of all "dangerous men"--the insider's term for virtuoso sheepdog handlers. The son of a tenant farmer, MacRae is a newfangled sort of celebrity. In centuries past, those who handled sheepdogs were known as shepherds, and their occupation was so humble that many fled to America to escape it. These days, however, competitive sheepherding ranks among the fastest-growing outdoor sports in the U.S. Fifteen years ago, perhaps a dozen sheepdog trials were held each year; now there are more than...
...worldwide--sounds like a noble aim, but when it depends on child labor, unnecessary cruelty or the destruction of natural ecosystems, we gain nothing. If the WTO continues to shoot down environmental protections legislated by its member nations, free trade will become a race to the bottom for short-term gain and long-term destruction. That explains the protests in Seattle. ROBERT GREENWOOD Carmel, Calif...
Atrial fibrillation often resolves on its own. For someone in Bradley's condition, it usually turns out to be more a nuisance than a handicap. And it doesn't seem to interfere much with a high-pressure job. Just ask former President George Bush. During his term in office, he suffered from atrial fibrillation as a result of his thyroid problems...