Word: tireless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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UConn--ranked eighteenth in the nation and first in New England--used a combination of excellent pitching and timely offense to overcome a strong pitching outing by tireless Harvard sophomore Julie "China" Fromholz...
Nordstrom department stores, a 60-store U.S. chain concentrated mostly in the Far West, are renowned for the fine customer service provided by their seemingly tireless salespeople. But does Nordstrom's corporate culture have a dark side? The Washington State department of labor has ruled that the company illegally pressured employees to perform many work-related duties "off the clock." Nordstrom was ordered to pay its Washington clerks two years' worth of overtime, which could amount to several million dollars...
...more hip Eccentric, partly owned by Oprah. In New York City the Russian Tea Room is best for the show-business throng, Elaine's for the print glitterati, Le Cirque for the well-heeled ladies who lunch. But to endure on the job, a gossipmonger must also be a tireless attender of parties. Syndicated columnist Karen Feld, who writes from Washington, attends six to eight events a night and dowses for dirt on the tennis court, at teas and on the embassy circuit. Says Feld: "I do think columnists like me can make or break people...
...office in 1978. Seated at an X-shaped trading desk, Milken first peddled junk for small and medium-size companies whose weak credit ratings kept them from issuing bonds that paid lower interest rates. When investors snapped up the junk, Milken expanded the market for his new securities. The tireless promoter argued that the risk of a junk-bond default was scarcely greater than the risk for blue-chip corporate bonds. Since junk securities paid interest rates about six percentage points higher than conventional bonds, Milken found many high rollers willing to buy them...
...dominance of the PC is all the greater because it controls the Harvard media. With the exception of the fairly incoherent conservatism of the Salient and the white-bread blandness of The Independent, virtually every Harvard publication espouses the party line. The Crimson has been tireless and tiresome in its editorial support for every PC cause. Perspective and the Subterranean Review go one step further by adding a dash of socialism. Even when the Advocate and Padan Aram approach political issues in book reviews, they never stray far from the party line...