Word: adoptive
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...created an “adopt a film program” to pay for restoration, which costs $30 per film...
...inaccuracies inherent in the CUE Guide’s rating of teaching—often the primary gauge for teaching ability—fall short of providing a realistic picture of teaching skill in the classroom. Were Harvard to adopt a system like Swarthmore’s—whose tenure process asks students to write letters speaking to the teaching ability of candidates—teachers who truly inspire their students to intellectual pursuit would be as accredited as those who merely excel in the lab. Without this crucial component, Harvard’s tenure system, however marginally improved...
Mayor Michael A. Sullivan told the council on Friday that he hoped they would be able to adopt the agreement this week, adding that it would represent “landmark action on behalf of this body and this community...
...continued absence of junior defender Jason Anderson has thrown a wrench into the Crimson’s defensive alignment and forced Kerr to adopt a four-back system. Freshman David Williams, sophomore Will Craig and captain Andrew Old seem to have found their place in this formation, but a permanent fourth defender has been elusive...
...what he envisaged as a Chinese government-in-exile in Taiwan. Chiang, whose U.S.-educated wife was his interlocutor with the West, ruled Taiwan with an iron fist for 25 years, and it was his claim to represent all of China that helped the Nixon administration adopt the "One China" policy recognizing Taiwan and China as part of a single political entity. That policy, which remains the cornerstone of U.S.-China relations today, prevents Washington from recognizing Taiwan as a sovereign state, and was crafted as a concession to Beijing's view of the island as nothing more than...