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...widely between publications. When it comes to campus-wide appeal, the impact of any particular magazine often tends to be more restricted than anyone might initially assume. Printing several thousand copies and door-dropping the entire campus does not guarantee a proportionate amount of interest. FiCom must try to ascertain how many students will actually read a particular magazine as it decides how much of the request it can allocate from the student body’s funds...
KERRY: I spent the time to go to the U.N. and sit with the Security Council before the vote, because I wanted to ascertain what their real state of mind was and whether or not they would be prepared to enforce the resolution, provide troops, whether or not they took it seriously, whether or not they would share costs and burden, and I came away convinced after a two-hour conversation, a lot of questions, that they would...
...spokesperson said she was unable to ascertain whether anyone named Harvard was affiliated with Yale...
...Astronomy and History of Science Owen Gingerich said he remembered Hawkins from his work at the Harvard-Smithsonian Observatories, where Hawkins was the scientist in charge of the Harvard Radio Meteor Project. Hawkins was “looking for radar echoes off the meteors,” to ascertain their height and velocity and thus be able to find meteor showers in the daytime...
...said they are awaiting autopsy results and are interviewing the victims’ co-workers and friends to ascertain more details...