Word: assessing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make a public disclosure of the Overseers' investigation into Harvard's real estate practices. While revealing in April that a written report would not be issued. Wilkins, a Justice on the Supreme Judicial Court, said that such a report "might be warranted, but to rake over the coals and assess blame isn't as important in the long run" as working quietly behind the scenes to resolve differences. Several tenant leaders and elected officials agreed with City Councilor David Sullivan, who explained that "informal discussions are not public, and so there is no accountability on the part of the University...
...pain with the graphic depiction of his crushed body. The incident was covered extensively by the major Boston media outlets, all of whom refrained from such morbid illustration. What purpose did the Crimson's not one, but two, photographs serve? We feel that the Crimson should step back and assess the motives that compelled them to lower their journalistic standards in this manner. Such blatant sensationalism should be left to the likes of the National Enquirer. Brian MacCormack Don Morriaey Tom Murray
...abandoned hotel, the buildings along Main Street have surrendered to fire, tornadoes and neglect. Loyalton's venerable citizens (average age: 70), who also serve as the town's board, recently realized that they could save $300 apiece annually by disincorporating, since the surrounding county would then assess the town land as agricultural property, at a lower tax rate. Loyalton's residents will also no longer have to pay one another's salaries ($72 a year each) as members of the town board. All agreed it was a practical move, even though Loyaltonian Charles Sylte, 71, described...
That was the verdict of TIME'S Board of Economists, which met last week in Manhattan to assess the state of the U.S. and world economies. For now, the economists predict that consumer spending will increase sufficiently to give the U.S. a 3.3% annual growth rate during the second half of the year...
...Conservative Party, withhold part of Britain's future contributions to the budget, an act of defiance that ultimately would lead to Britain's political isolation from Europe. Assuming cooler heads prevail in London, Britain is likely to return to the bargaining table this week to assess the damage to its interests and those of its European partners. A showdown in the Falklands was enough for the moment...