Word: clock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard defense then held on tight for the remaining 7:30 to ice the victory. The final chance for the Quakers (2-3-1,1-1-1) occurred with 10 seconds remaining when senior Nick D'Onofrio headed a ball away from the goal, allowing the clock...
After a few moments, Bi breaks the silence. "Don't worry, we are all friends here," he says, pointing to the school clock. It says 3:30. This time I am the one who is lost. "We are now supposed to be on daylight saving time, which is an hour ahead," Bi explains. "But we keep to Hong Kong time as a sign of our sympathies. So you see, in this place you can say what you want. Just remember to be careful outside." As we leave Bi's classroom, he turns out the lights and, without even a faint...
Sweet are the uses of efficiency. One of the pleasures of this near perfect piece of reportage is the sense that both writer and subject waste little motion. Fighting the clock, the calendar and the fiscal year, Bauer needs more than his seed cap. A mechanic's lid, a diplomat's Homburg and a gambler's eyeshade would come in handy...
...work, because I really love what I do. Also, the freedom of being able to make my own schedule is marvelous. Most people who work have to get up in the morning and go to an office or a store. If I want to sleep until 10 o'clock...
...Once that bond is made, the visitors discover there is a larger mission at hand, a crusade to join. Between the birth of Christ and the Pilgrims' landing, perhaps several species a year became extinct. By the 1990s the extinction rate may reach several species an hour, around the clock. American zoos are leading the battle to stop that clock and recruit others to the preservationist's cause. "We don't just want you to come here," says David Anderson of the New Orleans Audubon Park. "We're trying to say, 'Do something...