Word: thrust
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...burden thrust on an employer for the use of subjective criteria are light," said William Gould, Beardsley professor of law at Stanford University. "It's very hard for plaintiffs to win these cases...
Jackson's remarks gave a new thrust to the mayor's claim that his prosecution was racially motivated. "I understand that there are different sets of standards for different people, and that's the American injustice system," Barry declared after his sentencing. What lends credence to Barry's charge is the leniency shown to other politically prominent defendants who happen to be white. Oliver North escaped a prison sentence for his three $ felony convictions in 1989, since overturned. Reagan insider Michael Deaver also avoided jail two years ago. Deaver, who could have been given up to 15 years for felony...
...litmus test of that work came last year, when the relatively inexperienced junior was thrust into the starting spotlight. She registered victories over Yale and Brown in her very first starts...
...have the tax incentives to drill. The backbone of our domestic industry has always been the independents. They've found 80% of the nation's oil and gas. But we once had 62,000 small drillers and operators, and now there are fewer than 1,000. The government has thrust one disincentive after another at the industry...
Many of the techniques and steps of the process that you would use in a job search at home are equally useful in the overseas job quest. Information gathering--talking, reading, and writing--is the way to get started. The thrust of all of this activity should be directed to creating a network of contacts that will lead eventually...