Word: ascertain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile, House Speaker George Keverian '53 (D-Everett) was calling representatives yesterday to ascertain their position on a tax bill and to see if they would be available next week...
...musical beds and drugs and knockabout buffoonery seems almost made for MTV. The scene of two young men playing mixed doubles with their interchangeable girlfriends would not seem strange to the kids in Bret Easton Ellis novels, who fall into bed with anyone at all, scarcely stopping to ascertain identity, or even sex. Titania's sudden passion for ass-headed Bottom seems almost natural in the age of Ecstasy, when someone who takes a tab of MDMA is liable to open her heart to the first person she sees. And Pyramus and Thisbe, wooing each other through a chink...
...crucial to be represented by a knowledgeable attorney and get ample security -- or at least an interest rate commensurate with the risk. If it's a second mortgage, the going rate can be 16% or more, but it's all the more important to ascertain the true market value of the property and obtain other collateral. You must be certain that there's title, fire and flood insurance on the property and that your mortgage is recorded properly. And you should never assume that a property appraised at $300,000 today will yield anything near $300,000 in the event...
...some of the U.S.-produced chemicals seized in Colombia over the past two weeks. The contraband included containers marked with the logos of Dow Chemical Co. and Union Chemical Corp. Both companies are among major U.S. chemical producers who have agreed to cooperate with the DEA in seeking to ascertain the final destination of the chemicals before allowing them to leave the country. In the case of the chemicals seized in Colombia, however, most of the batch numbers on labels had been scratched off by knife blades. Given how successful drug lords have been in using a dizzying tangle...
When an individual files a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) that case is given to a field representative in one of the agency's regional offices. The representative conducts an investigation, interviewing those involved and trying to ascertain what actually happened, and reports to one of three commissioners...