Word: slides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...review tenure appointments. At the proceedings, for which Bok takes anywhere from six to 20 hours to prepare, the lawyer-turned-president, one Faculty member close to the process says, "takes an active and leading part in questioning the witnesses from the departments." Departments know that they cannot slide a candidate past Bok, who turns down 10 to 15 per cent of all recommendations. "It's apparent that he has read the small print," says the Faculty member. Bok. Rosovsky says, "would like to be remembered for the quality of the Faculty...
...taxes, cutting revenues 15 per cent each year, until tax rates reach the 2 1/2 per cent level. In the first year, assuming inflation stays at 18 per cent, city spending in real dollars would have to decrease 33 per cent. The next year, optimistically, spending would have to slide 25 per cent more, and the next year the same. By the time Cambridge reaches the 2 1/2 per cent tax rate, the current tax levy of $65 million would be cut to $23 million, Sullivan reports. Over the same period, inflation could drive costs up 50 per cent...
...Crimson's man-to-man defense confused the zone-oriented Springfield squad, which let eight more goals slide by and trailed, 13-0. The permeability of the Springfield defense showed especially when Mlezcko sparked a flurry of five goals in as many minutes at 20:30 in the second half...
...going down the slide...
...administrators why their agency spent $35 a day to finance a graduate student's research on "The Development of Political Institutions in Colorado in the 19th Century" when a man in Maine spends the same amount to support a family of four. The NSF people are chewing on their slide rules and muttering about understanding the future in relation to the past...