Word: alma
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years later, he may well be putting the touch on some of those former students to contribute to their alma mater...
...often the only woman in her classes. She soon found that the best opportunity for advancement was in Government; and, since the late '60s, she has moved from one federal agency to another. Married to John Sawhill, onetime energy czar under President Nixon and now president of her alma mater, N.Y.U., she is the mother...
...this shift, schools such as Yale and Princeton had an advantage over Harvard; their new crop of ambitious young women soon become alumnae, grateful for their entree into the elites of business or the professions. Presumably as good alums they share their fortunes with their alma mater...
With 34 seconds remaining on the clock and the visitors behind by five at 83-78, coach Frank McLaughin was forced to bring back his starting line-up to sew up the victory over his alma mater...
Take the delicate question of social prestige-a "perfectly understandable" concern, Hawes assures, since "associating with persons of high social status is of course widely taken to be good in itself." Of course. To determine how high a school ranks in social prestige, Hawes has simply counted the alma maters of those listed in the Social Register. Thus, with 94 listings, Cincinnati outranks Sarah Lawrence, which has 40. He cautions that his prestige ratings may be unfair to women's colleges, since the Social Register omits data on college for many matrons. The most prestigious ten, according to Hawes...