Word: assets
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...voters' "appetite for celebrity," the legacy of past representatives such as retiring Speaker of the House Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr., John F. Kennedy '40, and James Michael Curley. Kaplovitz said he believes Roosevelt stirkes a balance between the glitter of a famous name and the more practical asset of substantive political skill...
...different lives that they would under the current system, but rather to foster an atmosphere in which respect, understanding and tolerance predominate over prejudices based on ignorance and insecurity. Education does not end at the classroom door. The diversity of the student body may be Harvard's greatest educational asset; the housing system should encourage students to take advantage of it, instead of turning it into a source of anxiety and prejudice...
Department members disagree about how Skocpol's arrival this summer will affect the department, with some maintaining that she will be a major asset to Harvard sociology. Others argue that her arrival will be divisive and increase the conflict in the embattled department...
Perhaps the Crimson's most valuable asset this year is depth. Harvard's bench has outscored its opponent's bench in 15 of 22 games to date (456-336 points...
When Beryl Buck died in 1975, leaving no children and an estate of about $10 million, her will stipulated that most of her assets be placed in trust and used "in providing care for the needy" of the county where she and her late husband had lived since 1935. There was some irony in the fact that the county involved happened to be California's Marin, one of the wealthiest in the nation. Local officials, however, were quick to point out that pockets of deserving poverty did exist amid Marin's hot-tubbed sybaritism. But then the trust's sole...