Word: accomplish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Members flood the general meetings withlegislation that can only accomplish any thing (ifit even does that) by setting out a council-widepolitical 'stance' on an issue," he wrote in ane-mail message. "I think we'd serve the studentsbetter by...lobbying on specific issues thataffect the Harvard life of Harvard students...
...bulky, fragile and short-lived. Crystals, particularly crystals that can conduct a bit of electricity, could do the job faster, more reliably and with 1 million times less power--if only someone could get them to function as electronic valves. Shockley and his team figured out how to accomplish this trick. Understanding of the significance of the invention of what came to be called the transistor (for transfer resistance) spread quite rapidly. In 1956 Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain shared a Nobel Prize in Physics--an unusual awarding of the Nobel for the invention of a useful article...
...award comes on the heels of DeNunzio's excellent showing at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships this past weekend. DeNunzio placed fourth overall in the nation, earning him all-America honors for the second consecutive year--the first Harvard wrestler since 1953 to accomplish the feat...
...award comes on the heels of DeNunzio's excellent showing at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships this past weekend. DeNunzio placed fourth overall in the nation, earning him all-America honors for the second consecutive year--the first Harvard wrestler since 1953 to accomplish the feat...
...course there is. The most important thing to do from March 26 through April 4 is to be realistic. Don't expect to do all the sightseeing or shopping (or, yes, sourcebook reading) you want to do. Try anyway and enjoy what you accomplish, but resist abusing yourself for not doing it all. You'll have more than enough time to do that during the rest of the year...