Word: ditching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...notion of a lifetime guarantee of a job would seem ridiculous in any other occupation. We can imagine how productive and diligent bricklayers and ditch-diggers might be if they were granted lifetime jobs. Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61 would have no trouble explaining why over-protected union members become lazy and unaccountable to their employers. One wonders how over-protected professors are any different...
...even last-ditch efforts such as these were not sufficient to suppress the true feelings of the Nicaraguan voters. Chamorro's campaign focused on assuring Nicaraguans that the vote would be secret and fair. Ironically, the lavishness of the Sandinista campaign may have also hurt its chances...
Butter Fingers: Harvard's Ralph James made a strong last-ditch effort for Ivy Player of the Year with his performance against the Elis Saturday...
...filibustering, while annoying to those in the majority, can be an effective political tactic. Minority politicians in this country have often used the approach as a last-ditch effort to affect legislation...
...Dina Hadrick and freshman center Debbie Flandermeyer each hit baskets to put Harvard ahead for good. The Elis failed to score on their next possession and fouled Jen Mazanec. The junior forward missed the front end of a one-and-one, but Yale could not convert on a last-ditch effort to steal...