Word: size
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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These marginal economies, though unquestionably significant in balancing the Faculty's budget, are not the only money-saving measures introduced in the past few years. Rosovsky has insisted that no department has suffered a reduction in size, but for several years before 1977 the rate of hiring new senior professors slowed down--no appointments got the axe, but some were delayed. Recent budgets have also skimped on some building maintenance...
...didn't play very well," said co-captain Elaine Kellogg, who added that the condition of the playing field may have contributed to their problems. "It was bumpy and rough, and also smaller than regulation size so that gave us some problems...
...size of the field hampered the mobility of the Crimson offense, and ensured a low-scoring, defensive battle. Southern Connecticut did, however, find a way to pepper the Harvard net with 11 shots--and only several fine saves by Ippolito allowed the Crimson to depart unscathed...
...days spent blasting down the very roofs over their heads, for wrestling with boulders, some of them the size of a Dodge Omni, for driving 15-ft. rock bolts into the stone ceiling to keep it from falling in on them before blasting, Burns and Aberle expect to bring home at least $25,000 apiece this year. Team partners are chosen with extreme care, because sheer ambition is essential to success, plus the kind of skill that grows from aptitude and experience. "There's quite a few guys working their butts off and not making any money," says Burns...
...order to launch work on its 1981 models. Treasury Secretary G. William Miller has asked for revisions in the Chrysler rescue proposal. In rejecting the initial request, which would leave the taxpayers holding the bag if Chrysler defaulted on loans from private bankers, Miller bridled not only at the size of the financial package but also at the fact that Chrysler's plan did not include aid commitments from unions and local governments. He told Riccardo and Iacocca that about $750 million in loan guarantees was the limit for Government aid and that he wanted wider participation...