Word: alma
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...fall of 1994 marked the first of two unusual choices. Despite a legacy at Yale that includes his two older sisters and his father, who was the Elis' football captain in 1962, Higdon decided that Boston and the Beanpot were enough to draw him away from his family's alma mater...
Last year TIME tapped Pooley to join an investigative team specializing in long-term, intensively reported projects. Among his stories since then: an expose of Senator Al D'Amato's questionable fund-raising activities and an exhaustive report on Colin Powell's wife and key adviser Alma. This week's piece was probably the toughest of all. He not only had to unearth a carefully buried story, but he had to master the intricacies of nuclear plant operation as well. Says Pooley: "I had to keep going over the same ground before I was sure...
...Chinese government would temper its remarks, the public opinion might subside, and then we could get past this sticking point."Your Papers, PleaseDiplomatic niceties between the nations have been far between since Washington infuriated Beijing last June by allowing the Taiwanese president to visit his American alma mater. For one, China recalled its U.S. ambassador and stopped speaking to his American counterpart. Wednesday, however, former Tennessee Senator Jim Sasser presented his credentials to President Jiang Zemin in a brief ceremony marking his posting to the Chinese capital. Like President Clinton, Sasser is expected to stress to least controversial issue...
...Chinese government would temper its remarks, the public opinion might subside, and then we could get past this sticking point."Your Papers, PleaseDiplomatic niceties between the nations have been far between since Washington infuriated Beijing last June by allowing the Taiwanese president to visit his American alma mater. For one, China recalled its U.S. ambassador and stopped speaking to his American counterpart. Wednesday, however, former Tennessee Senator Jim Sasser presented his credentials to President Jiang Zemin in a brief ceremony marking his posting to the Chinese capital. Like President Clinton, Sasser is expected to stress to least controversial issue...
...Justices when he harked back to a certain law school that refused to admit women, claiming they would run in tears from the lecture hall, unable to cope with the harsh Socratic method, the legal version of hazing. Five of the Justices recognized the school as their alma mater, Harvard Law School. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the first women to get there, seemed to hold back a smile. VMI and the Citadel might want to start building those women's bathrooms...