Word: assesses
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This year’s committee was left to assess these vague suggestions and turn them into a feasible curriculum...
...were trying to make a real assessment of what race relations was like in Harvard in the late ’70s,” says committee member T. Jake Liang ’80. “The committee tried to assess how much progress we had made and what issues we still had to address...
While rooming forms today ask instead about music and tidiness preferences, both alums and current students continue to assess how far Harvard has come in terms of addressing minority issues...
...President has picked Representative Christopher Cox of California, a former corporate lawyer and staunch supporter of business interests, to replace Donaldson. Cox will come under pressure from the business lobby to dilute a measure in Sarbanes-Oxley that requires that firms institute strong internal financial controls and have auditors assess their adequacy. "It has turned into a boondoggle for the accounting industry," contends John Berlau, a fellow at the pro-business Competitive Enterprise Institute, who cites an American Electronics Association study that put the cumulative costs of complying in the first year alone at $35 billion. Such critics may find...
...temptation to turn over his hole card by revealing conclusively that he does indeed possess weapons of mass destruction. The more probable outcome is that, through the six-party talks or some other vehicle, the frustrating diplomatic game will continue. "At some point, we are going to have to assess where we are and look for other measures" beyond the six-party talks, says Hill. "I am not prepared to say precisely when that will...