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...month-old cease-fire with the rebels and thereby raised the possibility that the elections, scheduled for February, might be scuttled. With that one action he managed to put Nicaragua back on the U.S. agenda, outrage his Central American neighbors and renew the prospect of war in his worn-out nation...
...getting tired of this worn-out rationale, which demands no hiring initiatives from the University, but relies on an amorphous "pool" of Ph.D.'s to increase until Harvard hires anyone. It's obvious that some faculty are becoming fed up with the University's old song-and-dance routine too, as evidenced by Bell's opening (and fictional) scenario to his 13-page report: President Bok and all of Harvard's Black faculty are killed by a bomb, forcing the University to hire enough Blacks to fill 10 percent of its posts...
...That worn-out cliche about defense winning a game resurfaced last weekend at Bright Center...
...sense at all of what would happen after I started drinking; I became completely unpredictable. Sometimes I would go home after a couple of drinks (there was usually more booze there). More often, I would join the lineup of other alcoholics at the bar telephone stalls, fumbling with worn-out excuses about unexpected visitors and urgent business meetings. Sometimes I would simply hole up in my office with a bottle after everyone else had gone home. There simply wasn't anything else in my life. Most frightening of all, I began to suffer alcoholic blackouts during drinking episodes. I would...
...operators to enter the business, but the intense price competition has worn them down like a long, grinding upgrade. About 17,000 new trucking companies have formed since 1980, and more than 6,500 companies have failed during the same period. The newcomers have felt increasing pressure to cut costs by scrimping on safety, which has spawned fleets of so-called killer trucks with bald tires, worn brakes and bleary-eyed drivers. While most major carriers can afford adequate maintenance programs, struggling trucking companies often put worn-out rigs on the road as a calculated gamble. Most often...