Word: textbook
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then I encountered another textbook case of anality, still in my very own bathroom. I was told that it was ludicrous to alternate the strokes with which I brought the razor across my face while shaving. For me, shaving does not require a chart with which to map out the attack on my five-o'clock shadow. How I shave depends on which hand I'm holding my beer with at the time. It depends on whether I've had too many beers. It depends on lots of things...
...York report comes at a time when researchers are trying to broaden the definition of the deadly syndrome to include all of the damage that can be caused by HIV infection, not just terminal AIDS. A textbook case of AIDS, involving Kaposi's sarcoma or Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, represents only the tip of the iceberg. Epidemiologists estimate that for every person with AIDS, there may be as many as ten more suffering from other illnesses caused by the virus. "The real disease starts when you become infected with HIV," says William Haseltine, chief of biochemical pharmacology at the Dana-Farber...
...full range of printing." Oh. But surely there are odd requests that break up the copy-shop monotony. "Sometimes people come in with Bibles." Is that illegal? "No, but I don't like to copy them. And some guy came in last week with a big, big textbook. I couldn't understand why he wanted it copied...
Knox worked at the Coop through many changes, and she remembers when the textbook department was not self-service and all the books were set up in packing boxes. She cites the current self-service in the department as "a wonderful way to handle the large increase in the number of students and titles...
...theory behind the benefits of a currency devaluation is textbook clear: if the dollar falls, the international prices of U.S. products drop, and foreigners will buy more of them. At the same time, foreign goods become more expensive in the U.S., and Americans will reduce demand for imports. A combination of the two trends will lower the trade deficit...