Word: vacuums
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard sometimes has that elitist attitude that they don't need any advice," Bozzotto says. "But the dining halls cannot be run in some kind of vacuum without student input," he says...
...have every right to pull an advertisement--especially one that does not discuss any overt editorial view, and one that attempts to tacitly assert that business can exist in a political vacuum...
...freshman shut down B.C. the rest of the game, aided by spectacular defensive play behind her. Shortstop Rachel Donaldson was a vacuum cleaner, robbing base hits deep into the hole as well as up the middle. In centerfield, Liz Crowley also made a huge play, gunning down a B.C. player at home plate...
...parents Lola and Morris Wasserstein were asked about their youngest daughter, the successful playwright. Much of the conversation sounded like a leftover scene from Isn't It Romantic. "We're very proud," said Lola, who even in her 70s takes four dance classes a day. "But there's a vacuum," added Morris, a prosperous Manhattan businessman. "Where's the children? Where's the husband?" Here Lola broke in, "Normally, I'm the one to say that. But today I'm on good behavior." A few moments later, the Wassersteins were asked how many grandchildren they have. "Nine," said Lola...
...eight-story red brick apartment buildings are the only high-rises on the horizon. "Our big industry is Social Security," says Thomas Lee, president of the Union State Bank. "Fully one-third of our checking accounts are senior-citizen deposits." The aging process has also led to a leadership vacuum, as older business people retire from civic life. And the town's young people show no inclination to stay. When a visitor asked a class of 20 Clay County high school students how many would stay in town or return after college, not a single hand went up. Volunteered their...