Word: fielding
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Forbes is currently running third in the New Hampshire polls, just ahead of Alan L. Keyes '72, and a bit behind McCain. For the so-called "third-tier candidates," the next few weeks are make-or-break. Poor showings in New Hampshire will likely narrow the Republican field...
...hand it to the cigarette makers. Even in the competitive field of corporate double-talk, they've cornered the market on denial and legal foot-dragging. Just a year or so after finally admitting that cigarettes do in fact cause serious health problems, and only 10 years after an official complaint was filed on the subject, one major tobacco company looks as if it may address another cigarette-related public relations disaster: The ease with which sleeping or distracted smokers can cause fires. The likelihood of these accidents is exacerbated, critics attest, by the fast-burning paper currently used...
...Harvard remains committed to the field of international development studies and its integration into the University's academic mission," he said...
...fierce play of sophomore guard Jenn Monti that allowed the Crimson to build its 28-19 halftime lead. Monti, accounting for two-thirds of the Crimson offense at half, shot 4-of-6 from the floor and added four assists in a half in which the Crimson managed 12 field goals. Monti, who was ranked ninth in the country with a 7.1 assists per game average going into the contest, had six assists...
...land an $80,000-per-year tech job but then found out everyone's not doing as well as they thought," notes TIME military correspondent Mark Thompson. Thompson says the feelings that the military discourages entrepreneurship may also be a little misguided. "If you go out in the field there are 26-year-olds operating hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of equipment with hundreds of people under their command. There aren't many people in the private sector who can make the same claim." Maybe so, but then again, not many Microsoft employees are asked to ship...