Word: pressing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Finally, there's the press corps: the same hard-nosed wiseacres that always cut up in class, except these days they're a little smellier. And just like in high school I find myself in this clique whether I want to be or not. It's sometimes hard not to get lost in the excitement of how spiffy the hometown looks and how well the local talent is doing and assess it all as a cool outsider. At the opening ceremonies, I waved my blinking bracelet around like a goofball until I realized I was one of about six people...
Instead, they say that the press tends to focus on the spectacle of law breaking or on isolated incidents of rowdy behavior...
...sites that help aggregate information on a broad range. Acadio.com is a site geared primarily toward those looking for career training and retraining. It collects courses and self-study products like books and software from more than 200 different continuing-education providers, including Berlitz, the Harvard Business School Press and the Lightbulb Press, publisher of The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing. Acadio also provides customer reviews. And within the next six months the site will introduce a function that allows a prospective student to take a five-minute sample of select interactive courses...
...name. The next day, FBI agents rushed to his home to "sweat him" before he clammed up completely. A confused Lee owned up to nothing, and on March 8 Richardson fired him for unrelated security violations turned up during the W-88 investigation. His name was leaked to the press, and he became known as a "suspected Chinese spy." He still had not been charged...
While most of the speech drew strong support from the crowd, a small group of demonstrators positioned behind the press area briefly disrupted the rally...