Word: tip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Francisco's landmark Ferry Building last week, steeplejack Jody Mancuso eased herself carefully to the tip of a new white flagpole and crowned it with the same gold-painted sphere that was knocked wildly askew on Oct. 17, 1989, by the strongest earthquake to strike the city since 1906. This week the American flag will be hoisted there once again, to mark the anniversary of last year's temblor, which registered 7.1 on the Richter scale, killed 63 people, injured 3,757 others and caused at least $6 billion in damage...
...Another tip for the interview is to make up a little jingle with your name in it beforehand--something simple, but catchy--and to work this ditty into your answers whenever possible. Long after they've forgotten about the man who isolated the enzyme that breaks down beef jerky and the woman who taught a band of endangered mountain gorillas how to ride horses and shoot rifles, they'll still be singing your name in the shower every...
Since alumni children are certainly not three times more likely to be qualified than other applicants, these statistics suggest that the fabled "tip" is more like a hard shove...
...have met with the admissions office and they have explained why they need a tip for legacies and athletes, and why this is not descriminating against Asian Americans," said Joshua Li '92, co-president of the Asian American Association. "We understand that in the future Asian Americans will receive these tips as well...
...surprised that [the Asian American minority tip] doesn't have an impact at all and would like to know why," Shim said. "I think that being Asian American ought to have a positive impact on the admissions process and am surprised that it does not, especially if being of any other minority group, does have a positive impact, putting aside any socioeconomic differences...