Word: fall
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Basically, I worked out a deal with the Pirates where I could leave the team early and come to Harvard every fall semester, and then go to spring training for them after I was done...
...work. I hope to have it repaired after I graduate in June. I am sure one of the repair shops in my hometown will be happy for my business, even if UIS wants to chase me away. I also would bet that any chain computer super store would fall over itself to take over management of UIS in an arrangement similar to the one between Barnes and Noble and the Coop. Harvard may be good at education, but it stinks at computer repair. It will save its students and employees a lot of headaches if it leaves...
...Every observer in the state was startled by Davis' resurgence," says Field Institute director Mark DiCamillo. That surge was triggered by the merciless (and often misleading) barrage of attack spots that Checchi leveled against Harman. Last fall, Checchi promised not to indulge in such negative tactics, but he abandoned his pledge as soon as his candidacy stalled. Though he succeeded in driving voters away from Harman, they migrated to Davis, apparently because Checchi's ads turned off voters (those who have seen a lot of them tend to have more negative views of Checchi) and because Davis has a history...
...Republicans has collapsed. In 1984 Ronald Reagan won 48% of the Latino vote in California. In 1996 Bob Dole got 6%, and Latinos swept Democrats into control of the state assembly. Internal Republican surveys note that by 2020, Latinos will constitute nearly 40% of the California population. Last fall, longtime G.O.P. strategist Stuart Spencer warned that unless the state party takes action, it will relegate itself to "permanent minority status...
...focus on 226 is claiming money that would otherwise go to Democrats in this year's midterm congressional elections. The AFL-CIO has pledged to raise $13 million to fight the initiative. That's nearly half the $28 million it plans to spend on the entire midterm campaign this fall. But if 226 succeeds, the unions may have a lot less to spend in the future...