Word: tucks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...young professor at the University of Chicago, with its bellwether development of a liberal-arts core, Adler would have seemed to be in his element. But his freewheeling style so offended colleagues in the philosophy department that his friend and patron, President Robert Maynard Hutchins, had to tuck Adler into the law school, where he held the informal title of Professor of Blue Sky. He has always cherished the role of what he calls a "non grata in academe," preferring to communicate his message, largely through his books, to America at large. He has done so with such success that...
...hotels around the world coddle guests by stocking vials of shampoo and mouthwash, small cans of shaving cream and plastic shower caps in their bathrooms. Now the Shangrila Hotel in Montreal may have started a trend in giveaways. Aware of concern over the AIDS epidemic, management is going to tuck condoms in the welcoming baskets. Says General Manager Pierre Quintal: "We are not condoning any type of promiscuous activity. Like the other products offered in the hotel's rooms, they are there to use if you have the need for them." Sniffed a spokesman at the city's Ritz Carlton...
Midway through the match, it appeared that it would be O'Loughlin taking home the gold. The bout was nip-and-tuck with the Quaker holding an 8-6 edge--only two points shy of his second-straight NCAA title...
...international competitive standing in services and thus worsen the country's trade problems. Japanese banks, for example, have already made inroads into the U.S. market. In the November-December issue of the Harvard Business Review, Professor James Quinn and Researcher Christopher Gagnon of Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business contend that many U.S. service businesses have developed the same shortsighted habits and inattention to quality that American manufacturers have been guilty of -- with disastrous results. "While there is still time," they write, "it is essential to take a hard look at how we think about services, how we manage...
Although Harvard (now 3-0) never trailed in the meet, it was unable to completely shake the scrappy Brandeis squad. The match was nip-and-tuck until the end, when Papailias and Kristina Perkin both captured victories to secure the Harvard...