Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent coverage of the Quad. No less than eight different pieces in the 10 days leading up to Spring Break splashed all over the paper--front page, opinions, FM--painted the Quad as a miserable back-of-beyond hellhole, which first-years should resort to voodoo rituals to avoid. There was not one article in defense of the Quad to balance this barrage. I am told that there are many (justifiably) outraged responses from Quadlings. More on that later, once I get a chance to delve into those letters and e-mails...
...more and more of us become afflicted with serious cases of repetitive strain injuries (RSI), we reluctantly have to face the facts: RSI is a serious risk, and something needs to be done to avoid...
...some sufferers as healthier alternatives to the mouse. Some advise keeping your hands warm as a way to protect them against RSI. In addition to an ergonomically designed workstation, taking frequent breaks from typing--to stretch, walk around and alleviate the tension in wrists and arms--can help avoid...
...service would summon Bethel members to emergency church meetings. "We need to talk," Lyons would say before launching into his explanation. But soon other skeletons emerged in the St. Petersburg Times and in the state investigation. In 1991 Lyons spent a year in a federal pretrial-intervention program to avoid being prosecuted on bank-fraud charges. His marriage certificate to Deborah says it was a first union for both; in fact it was his third. One ex-wife recently came forward with stories that he physically and emotionally abused her; another woman is claiming to be his illegitimate daughter...
...spurt, Nike is a multibillion-dollar monster finding its size awkward. Knight's challenge is to re-create the essence of the outfit he first operated out of the trunk of his car with his college track coach and a bunch of running geeks who would do anything to avoid a real job. But this won't be a jog in the park. Last week the company announced a restructuring that landed heavily on its sports center-cum-headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., where about 250 employees were laid off. "When you grow quickly," says Thomas Clarke, the biomechanics Ph.D...