Word: plethora
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Whether bright-eyed entrepreneurs or crafty corporate tycoons, businessmen continue being hit by the plethora of bad economic news. The prime rate has eased off its nosebleed height of 20% and last week declined to 19% at some banks. Despite other signs of a downturn, including the Dow Jones industrial average's two-year low of 759.13 last week before it rebounded more than 30 points the following day, inflation continues to roar ahead. In March the Consumer Price Index rose another 1.4%, which would be a compounded annual rate of 18.2%. This dampens all hope for any substantial...
...plethora of whistles and an unusual number of verbal cautions kept much of the play away from the nets and it wasn't until 11:25 of the first half that Crimson sophomore Annie MacMillan drove the ball into the crease for the game's first goal...
...excavations uncovered "layer upon layer of stratified human burials, decorated pottery, weapons, ornaments and a plethora of metal tools," Gorman said. A total of 18 tons of pottery, stone and metal objects were collected and transported to the UPenn museum, he added...
...perhaps. While the Oval Office may be a nice place to spend the summer, contemporary trends indicate Harvard types may encounter stumbling blocks on the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Primaries and polls should not discourage--after all, five undergrads did make it to the White House. Furthermore, a plethora of opportunities exist in the public sector. Banking, business, and publication jobs help round out the resume. But you can extirpate buried treasures, excavate unusual occupations, spend the idle ideas of summer idyllically, bask in the warm reassurance that yes, you have found the fount of summer happiness...
Today's events begin with the 500 freestyle, a Crimson speciality. Hackett, Countryman, Maximoff, et. al., should provide a plethora of points from which to start Harvard off on the right track. The 200 individual medley and the 50 free follow where Harvard's future is hopeful but not quite as certain. Also featured today will be the 200 Medley Relay, where the Crimson's 3:22.30 clocking against Indiana goes up against Princeton's 3:22.83 which they swam against Harvard. Finally, in the one-meter diving the Crimson will be represented by Schramm and Mule...