Word: zipping
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...long ago, few Rosemont students were considered college material. Reared in downtown Baltimore's roughest ZIP code, almost all of them live in poverty. The lucky ones could expect to take classes someday at a community college, but nearly two-thirds of students in this troubled district don't make it through high school. On standardized tests conducted three years ago, not a single Rosemont student read at grade level...
...closely. After keeping quiet at Gore's insistence for six months, the President may have to zip it for six more years. Senator-elect Clinton personally choreographed her victory celebration. She stood between her new colleague, senior New York Senator Charles Schumer, and Chelsea, with the President banished to the side. There would be no Tipper-Al embrace for them. He wiped away a tear. She shed none. His staff explained, "It was her night." There will be no co-senatorship...
...ZIP-LOCK ACCOUNTS Despite recent bank-privacy legislation passed in Congress, very few states have adopted laws to protect client records. Looking for a bank that will keep mum? For years, banks in Alaska and Vermont have sheltered their customers' information from pesky telemarketers and other prying parties. But if you like your current bank, privacy experts suggest sending a letter telling it you want to "opt out" on information sharing...
...lamps. As the massive wooden doors opened, Kim walked in to the noise of the Panaflex shutters clattering like enormous insects. A short man--slightly topping Albright's 5 ft. 3 in.--with a potbelly, he wore well-shined shoes that formed triangles below his trademark khaki trousers and zip-front jacket. His skin looked pallid and his eyes slightly puffy, but he smiled as he strode toward Albright. She grinned back and said, "I'm very glad to be here; it's a beautiful city"--the first part of which, at least, was true...
...main street, we saw workers in blue coveralls in manholes; pedestrians with umbrellas, most dressed in plain clothes - women in skirts, men in Mao suits or just shirts, trousers and plain zip front jackets. Their attitude was subdued, perhaps downtrodden, but not uniformly so. On the street, a mixture of Chinese and Japanese cars, and even a few bright blue boxy Volvos puttered by. A lot of people were hanging around doing nothing...