Word: shifted
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...Dominican Republic. He makes a comprehensive check of the grounds until 11:30 p.m., at which time he retrieves his Don Rafael, and walks out into the courtyard. He struggles to light the cigar in a stiff wind. Then, at last, victory! His smooth puffing lasts until his shift ends. "It's my drawback," he declares on a Tuesday evening in October in the Mather office. "All the students know where I am, from my cigars. They're good to smoke. It relaxes you. Many people smoke one after a good dinner, to relax before dessert. I smoke one after...
...shift in the rankings sets up an interesting match-up this Saturday, when Northeastern travels to St. Lawrence. Both teams are flying high after upsetting Harvard and UNH, which have won the sport's first two national championships...
...will states afford this magnanimity? Easily, says Clinton: They will take advantage of the booming economy and bulging payroll tax coffers to shift funding to the parental leave program from money set aside for temporary unemployment benefits. If the money comes through and states resist the urge to balk at Clinton's decree, this proposal has a lot going for it. "This is great news for anyone who's part of a family or plans to start one," says TIME contributor Amy Dickinson. "A lot of very important emotional work between a child and its parents takes place very early...
...like everything else digital, even that consideration is changing--you may not have to buy that box at all. The move to distribute software online is just breaking out. Among our recommended products, Norton 2000 can already be bought as a download. Still more of a paradigm shift is Encyclopaedia Britannica's recent move to give its contents away on its website. If others follow suit, a brave new world is here indeed...
Fernando had the night shift last Thursday when, at 2:28 a.m., he saw the 44-ft.-tall tower and "a little flinch in the sky." While he looked, "the whole thing came down." As it toppled, the scores of kids who were on it scrambled. The lucky ones escaped. The rest were entombed in a mess of logs and wires. After close to 24 hours of furious searching, there were 12 dead and 28 injured, some critically, and a heartbreaking pile of questions: Did the center pole snap? Were sufficient precautions taken? Was there any adult supervision...