Word: ushered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...four acknowledged heroes of the event, three are able to account for their behavior. Donald Usher and Eugene Windsor, a park police helicopter team, risked their lives every time they dipped the skids into the water to pick up survivors. On television, side by side in bright blue jumpsuits, they described their courage as all in the line of duty. Lenny Skutnik, a 28year-old employee of the Congressional Budget Office, said: "It's something I never thought I would do"- referring to his jumping into the water to drag an injured woman to shore. Skutnik added that "somebody...
...company has done more to change the way America works than International Business Machines Corp. Founded in 1911, IBM soon came to dominate the market for time clocks and punch-card tabulators. In the 1930s it pioneered the sale of electric typewriters. But its most revolutionary feat was to usher in the computer age. With vision and drive, IBM increased the electronic brain power of American business and then spread that boon around the world. In the 1960s and '70s, roughly two-thirds of all computers sold bore the IBM trademark. The company was so overpowering that the eight...
...those beautiful mountains, think of my face up there in the sky looking down on you," the President said. Replied Leahy: "I'll have to go to the Capitol physician first to get my arm put back in the socket." Vermont offered little escape. At Sunday Mass, an usher passing the collection bas ket leaned over and whispered, "Vote against AWACS." Leahy finally...
...Harvard women's tennis team is dining in fine style these days. Last Thursday night coach DON USHER treated all sixteen members of the squad and the assistant coach, to dinner at the Ritz. The reason? Because they've been working so hard, he said. All coaches of other hard-working teams, take note and watch your wallets...
Radcliffe Varsity Lightweight Crew Lowell House Committee Freshman Outdoor Program Commencement Usher V -- P Harvard Weeble Society...