Word: assets
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...mean to suggest we Harvard women are any more superior in character or ability to the women of other schools than are the men to their male counterparts. My point is merely that we women also list Harvard on our social resume, and yet ours is not an asset, but a drawback. While Harvard has been so kind as to extend its academic prestige to include our gender, it has not transformed this social stereotype...
...Simpson is ignoring evidence that legal immigrants are actually an asset to the economy," he added, citing the Urban Institute's report that the taxes paid by legal immigrants actually exceed the value of the services they procure by $25 billion...
Since this new legislative system gives teeth to the council where University policy is concerned, while leaving the council autonomous in other areas, it seems to be an unequivocal asset to Harvard's student government. We have one concern, however, and that is simply that Dean Lewis has proven to be extremely unresponsive to students' needs and input in the past, most notably involving such issues as randomization and the restructuring of public service. He also has the unpleasant habit of ignoring the recommendations of student-faculty committees, advisory bodies whose student members are often appointed by the council...
With the outdoor season just around the corner, this positive outlook will prove to be a valuable asset for the spring as team members returning from injury add strength to the team...
...endorsement of bleeding-heart conservative William Bennett. But that theme is sounded by most of Alexander's rival candidates for President and does not account for his rise. Instead, his trick has been to turn a liability (he has little money for TV ads) into something of an asset (he isn't running those attack ads that voters say they hate.) What's more, Alexander retains this Mr. Clean image even while running a campaign that is subtly negative. As Dole points out, Alexander was the first of the G.O.P. candidates to run an attack ad, back in September, against...