Word: cramming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does one cram 20 years' worth of experience into a single article? "It's frustrating," Reingold admits. "There are no absolutes. Even though the Japanese appear to be quite rigid, they can move quickly once they've decided it's to their advantage...
...overcrowded, but each Stillwater resident has a cell of his own, a TV if he chooses to buy one, and ready access to a dozen phones mounted on the wall beneath the towering, barred windows of the cellblock walls. D cellblock, where Taliaferro and a few dozen other convicts cram at night for final exams in bachelor's and master's degree programs, is appointed with carpets, computers and hanging plants. The rest of Stillwater can earn up to $5 an hour making manure spreaders and birdhouses, or fixing school buses and highway patrol cars...
...congregation was so cash poor that some of the members had to sell tomatoes door to door to pay for the hall. Today the Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., is the second largest Protestant congregation in America. During weekend services nearly 12,000 people regularly cram into its $15 million, 4,650-seat auditorium and complex. At a time when the mainstream Protestant denominations are rapidly losing members, Willow Creek's popular success and stripped-down theology are challenging traditional notions about presenting the Christian message...
Assistant Professor of Music Graeme M. Boone, who teaches "Jazz," said more than 1000 students tried to cram into Paine Hall for the course's first meeting Thursday. Enrollment in the course is limited to 400, Boone said...
Increasing numbers of teenagers are turning to private SAT cram courses that can cost as much as $800 and claim to boost scores 100 points or more. "Over the past five years, our revenues have doubled," boasts Stanley H. Kaplan, chairman of a nationwide test-coaching chain that bears his name. Summer courses at Ivy League universities or prestigious academies like Phillips Exeter are also popular. These platinum-plated extras, plus fees for applications and trips to visit campuses, can add up to a staggering sum -- and all before the tuition bills start to arrive...