Word: pooling
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Each of the Soviets submitted the usual application for the Business School's two-year MBA program and was admitted in October out of a pool of 30 other applicants from the U.S.S.R...
Freestyler Stacie Duncan took full advantage of the breathing room in practices and channeled her reserve energy into a pool record 4:33.7 in the 400-yard individual medley. The entire Harvard squad had a field day with the Big Red, and some races were converted to "exhibitions" in order to keep the Crimson lead from breaking the century mark...
...many of the candidates in the race, the convention serves as a litmus test in which passing is not only important, but essential. Democratic hopefuls who receive less than 15 percent of the delegate pool at the convention will be forbidden to run on the Democratic ticket...
Since U.S. borrowers draw from the same pool of global funds, the Japanese rate increase proved to be contagious. Rates on ten-year Treasury bonds have climbed from 7.84% to 8.4% during the past month. Money-market speculators sent rates higher because they know that the Japanese, who typically buy as much as 40% of U.S. long-term bond offerings, will be disinclined to invest in U.S. Treasury securities unless American bonds offer significantly higher yields than equivalent Japanese or West German paper...
Munch lunch, Italian sausage and hot pickled onions, at the Home Plate Inn out on Tulane Avenue. Some retired cops there say, nah, they're not interested in the game, too much hype, but they've got two cards of a hefty betting pool filled anyway. Head for the big N.F.L. pregame monster rally at the Convention Center. Then on to Pat O'Brien's, where they serve a drink called the Hurricane. Note the immediate lowering of atmospheric pressure. Try a cheer: "Go, Pittsburgh!" "Joe Billy, the Steelers are a lock...