Word: uniformization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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WORCESTER, MA--Harvard Captain Ted Drury has likely played his last game in a Crimson uniform...
...important changes are not merely stylistic. For the first time in memory, many blacks and other minorities can be found working in jobs that don't come with a uniform. Though George Bush signed a landmark disabled- rights law, Clinton and Gore have disabled people on their staffs. Visitors to the Bush White House were typically greeted by a perfectly accessorized heiress who escorted guests to the aide (always male) they wished to see. Now, more typically, a geeky-looking 23-year-old male wearing two beepers escorts visitors to see the woman with whom they have an appointment...
...Brussels' bureaucrats have not dared tell the British to drive on the right. Nor have the Twelve been able to agree on uniform electric plugs or phone jacks. In theory, professional barriers have dropped, so a Greek dentist can practice in Aberdeen, Scotland and an Italian lawyer can hang up his shingle in Hamburg, Germany. In actuality, the rules governing professional practice in each country remain decisive. On Jan. 1, internal passport controls were to vanish, but Britain, Ireland and Denmark balked. In the other nine countries, airport controls for internal E.C. passengers will disappear next year, after arrival gates...
Guards may be disciplined for any number of infractions, from being late or out-of-uniform to sleeping on the job. McCombe charged that discipline for those five guards was more extreme than for other guards. The steward also alleged discipline in the department is rarely enforced against guards who are friends of security supervisors and the operations manager, Dowling...
Drawn from the people and experiences of childhood, the map is a record of whatever we found enticing and exciting -- or disturbing and disgusting. Small feet, curly hair. The way our mothers patted our head or how our fathers told a joke. A fireman's uniform, a doctor's stethoscope. All the information gathered while growing up is imprinted in the brain's circuitry by adolescence. Partners never meet each and every requirement, but a sufficient number of matches can light up the wires and signal, "It's love." Not every partner will be like the last one, since lovers...