Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With almost $70 million in technological donations floating around this side of the Charles, one might wonder why the two schools aren't pooling their resources...
...wonder many employers look with trepidation on the shortened workweek--though virtually nothing can stop it now. Following the passage of a preliminary law last June, 15,000 companies or sectors voluntarily negotiated 35-hr. accords with workers ahead of a year-end deadline. The second 35-hr. law, due to be voted on next week, gets specific on such matters as overtime, coffee breaks and the status of managers and minimum-wage employees. The latter must be paid 39 hrs.' salary for 35 hrs. of work--equivalent to an 11% raise--with the government making up the difference...
...executive producer Neal Shapiro, who fears the episode could encourage sloppy journalism, as reporters rush their stories out to avoid being beaten. Some TV news executives are considering whether they should require subjects who tape interviews to sign an agreement not to distribute the material beforehand. And some skeptics wonder about Ellis' commercial motives in the whole episode. Everybody who logs on to his site is, after all, a potential customer...
...that shimmers gold and silver as it resists and bends his rod into a bow, like the Zen archer's. When he pulls in the fish, it wriggles under the arc of the bow before he moves it toward his hand. The trout looks up at him in desperate wonder. He reaches for its mouth and sets it free...
...Ever wonder why good legislation dies and bad bills survive? One way to find out is to sign up for a week with the Close Up Foundation's $1,160 Congressional Senior Citizen Intern Program in Washington. Participants go to hearings and briefings, take political seminars on topics ranging from health care to international relations, meet with VIPs and lend a hand in the office of one of their Senators or Representatives. Accommodations and most meals are provided by a nearby Marriott. During her stint as an intern in California Democratic Representative Bob Filner's office, Lupita Jimenez, a children...