Word: assets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contest is close, the Bruins have a valuable asset in kicker Chris Ingerslev, who played soccer for Brown last night. The senior sidewinder has had a superlative year, booting nine consecutive field goals in the past two games and just missing his tenth in a row in the closing seconds last week...
...striking at a student's most valuable asset, his "great expectations," the Law School Ad Board has made it clear that Harvard cannot tolerate this sort of anti-democratic behavior...
...Brookner sees form and responsibilities: Sofka the young widow forfeiting romance to direct her family's fortunes, "like a general on the evening of a great campaign," Alfred shelving his cherished books for the life of an industrialist ("His character . . . will be a burden to him rather than an asset. But that is the way with good characters...
...fact, if encouraged, proficiency in two languages can be an asset both academically and professionally. Academic achievement is vital to economic fate, and furthermore this country has a tradition of undervaluing knowlege of other languages...
Rather than being a hindrance to academic experience, bilingual skills should be treated as an asset. Not to recognize their worth is a travesty...