Word: training
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...addition to functioning as an affirmation of newfound physical liberty, travel served a practical purpose: many blacks--primarily men, who were less constrained by family ties than women--took to the road in search of work. These journeys, made by foot and by freight train, gave rise to the figure of the male blues singer--a lone black man with a guitar, traveling the countryside singing about his life. This rural genre became known as country blues...
PARIS: France's roundup of suspected Islamic terrorists two weeks ago hasn't stopped the World Cup from being taken hostage -- by the country's own workers. With the crippling Air France pilots' strike in Day 5 and Paris subway and train drivers walking off the job along with airport baggage handlers and mechanics and employees in the electrical, gas, hotel and retail industries, the event could turn into a nightmare for fans...
...Randolph Catlin Jr., outgoing chief ofmental health services at UHS, says his departmenttries to train receptionists to ask studentswhether they need help immediately, or whether thehelp can wait. Catlin admits that this is not afoolproof plan, as the system relies on thestudents to take the initiative...
Police reported that the Leverett House sophomore was struck by a subway train in midtown Manhattan. Fitzpatrick had been on a voluntary leave of absence at the time, and was planningto return to Harvard in the spring, according toLeverett House Senior Tutor JudithMurciano-Goroff...
...member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Team, took her second year off to participate in the Nagano Games. Tammy Shewchuck '00-'01, who broke Mleczko's single-season school scoring record last season with 53 points in her rookie season, also took the year off to train with the Canadian National Team...