Word: thinly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Plastic covers hung over the pool tables, the lights were off, and a thin layer of dust covered everything in the room...
...course, there's that letter. Every year, a thin envelope wings its way to the front door of every Harvard and Radcliffe student's permanent residence. Inside, the eager openers perennially find the disappointment of a bland letter from Deans Lawrence Buell, L. Fred Jewett '57 and Jeremy Knowles. They want to know what's wrong with your education. As a student, your big chance has finally come...
Launching another rhetorical volley, the White House said its "patience is wearing thin" on the Haitian military junta's refusal to go gentle into exile. The Pentagon upped the invasion ante by announcing that seven cargo ships are being activated for possible use in a Haiti operation. Despite the fist shaking, TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson sees no indications the military has changed its time frame for a possible invasion in late September or early October. "Plainly an orchestration campaign is now under way," he says. And the White House's hair-trigger statements? "I suppose that's just smart...
...homes; instead, the fiber-optic trunk lines branch into twisted pairs of copper wires, which carry far less information directly to the customer. That means the companies must either replace this so-called last mile with fiber-optic cable or find a way to compress the data through the thin copper openings...
They're the rage this season -- long, flowing skirts made of rayon or rayon-cotton-blend fabric from India -- but they also may be deadly, according to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission. The thin material can be consumed by fire in less than three seconds. Do you own one? The skirts have a layer of sheer chiffon over a gauze underskirt with an elastic or drawstring waistband. Consumers are urged to stop wearing such garments immediately and return them to the store for a refund. Questions should be addressed to the toll-free hotline set up by the CPSC...