Word: amass
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...says. “Issues that you’re using the endowment for to make a statement have to be those with widespread campus support.”CHANGING ‘CORPORATE BEHAVIOR’Meanwhile, students at Harvard and other universities are working to amass that support. A campus petition launched in March has garnered over 1,400 signatures, while an Undergraduate Council resolution supporting the group’s divestment proposal passed unopposed in mid-April.Peter N. Ganong ’09, an Adams House resident and member of HDAG, says the group received a response...
...Jones had been highly regarded in her field and widely praised for MIT's efforts to reduce the stress of college admissions. She redesigned the school's application to reflect her desire for applicants who make strong contributions to a few extracurricular activities rather than amass long lists of them. A book she co-wrote last year, "Less Stress, More Success," emphasized that theme...
HCBIS, according to the UC legislation, is a way to obtain the necessary ISBN information for required course textbooks without relying on the Coop to amass them in advance...
...oceans; the fact that the polar ice caps are melting. I think that right under the surface of everybody's consciousness is the full understanding that we're in for a really tough ride and everybody is really afraid to face it. The attitude is: "Let me amass my pile and we'll worry about that 10 or 20 years from...
...some of the department's lost influence since replacing Colin Powell, she is currently working without a deputy and has had trouble filling that post. Her top lawyer, Philip Zelikow, is leaving soon, and there is a wide variety of people who wonder whether she--or anyone else--could amass the clout to take on both the Middle East and Iraq security talks in the time that is left to this Administration. That's one reason there are growing calls for a special envoy to the region who can hold all the reins in one hand. Some have even suggested...