Word: took
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard] trainer would vilify myathletes. In past years, they sent us a studenttrainer. This year, they even took that away fromus," he said...
...anything, Dean Epps' long and fruitful tenure as Dean of Students indicates that the need for a visible central administrator who acts on the students' behalf is more necessary now than it was before he took over--not the opposite, which is the implication of delegating Epps' duties to various other deans...
...Shewchuk took last year off to try out for the Canadian Olympic team, and she was one of the final cuts. The extra conditioning has made her an even better skater and shooter and Harvard fans are lucky they have three more seasons to watch her play...
...months ago, after the President admitted to a dalliance with Monica Lewinsky, Jones took that as vindication of her own claim that Clinton made a sexual advance toward her in 1991. She then dropped her demand for an apology, a key reason why earlier settlement talks had foundered. Last Friday, after negotiations complicated by a million-dollar sweetener from eccentric New York millionaire Abe Hirschfeld, Jones settled the case for $850,000--a tidy premium over the $700,000 she sought when she brought...
When NEWT GINGRICH and his self-proclaimed revolutionaries took power after the 1994 elections, they passed the so-called gift ban, a deliberately draconian law that prohibits members of Congress and their staffs from accepting gifts of any value--even a cup of coffee--from lobbyists, journalists and contributors. Another reform: Gingrich placed six-year term limits on all committee chairmen. But in the days since Newt announced his resignation, his presumptive heir, BOB LIVINGSTON of Louisiana, has been peppered with furtive requests from fellow Republicans who want to turn back the reform clock. The total gift ban, they argue...