Word: turn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...love to call professional athletes selfish, but NBA players have the particular and ironic distinction of carrying at least a chunk of the banner for an entire race of people. It sounds like naive overstatement, but a chunk is all you need for the proposition to turn frightening...
...financial networks as a banker to raise money for charity, or volunteer your consulting skills to make a service group more efficient. Responsibility does not come from your choice of career, but rather from the actions you take once you are in your profession. I am not suggesting you turn down the job at Goldman & Sachs or throw away all of your self-interest. All I ask is that you take a few specific steps to help make the world a better community for us all. MICHAEL H.TANG...
...Serb president has in recent weeks engaged in a frenzy of purges of his ruling circle, fearing that his army may turn against him. Although Milosevic hasn't yet been indicted as a war criminal, that prospect was raised earlier this year as a means of pressuring the Serb president to withdraw from Kosovo. "Krstic's arrest certainly turns up the heat on Milosevic," says Barnes. "The West can see how shaky Milosevic is, and Krstic's arrest will further destabilize him." Its pace may be glacial, but justice has not forsaken the Balkans...
...momentum were the only factor, Harvard has the advantage. Last weekend's performance, coupled with the recent upset over Boston University, seems to indicate that the Crimson (2-5-1, 0-5-1 ECAC) is poised to turn its season around...
...King said the shuttles' success should be measured by the fact that students use them, not whether they turn a profit...