Word: assignation
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...Harvard's name has been mentioned in the reports but it's early to say at this time," Ryan said. "We're not looking to assign blame but to determine what the level of radiation was, were the tests consistent with the ethical standards of the time, and what has become of the test subjects...
During the lecture, the professor told a story about a man who conducted a popular survey in order to assign a unitary value to different types of pain. The survey listed four or five supposedly painful experiences--from having a tooth pulled, to having a little toe cut off, to living in Kansas for eternity--and asked the respondent to put down how much money he/she would have to be paid to experience each...
...week after Faculty officials issued a 10-page essay meant to prompt discussion about the undergraduate concentrations, faculty members are only beginning to dig it out of the mail, mull it over and assign committees...
...each other. The second half of the play focuses on their marriages or lovers, and their quest for roots or a place to call home. The interactions between their individual stories ask, "What are our rites of passage?"; "How important is the past in your life?"; "Can you really assign blame for anything in your life?" Each woman fights for her freedom and her survival. Each them talks about the difficulty of distinguishing her own voices from the chaos or confusion around them. The final effect is a powerful confrontation between the expectations and hopes...
...Assign a Harvard Police Department sergeant or more senior officer to work with the Guard Service Manager of Operations on all personnel administrative and management matters for an initial one-year period, subject to extension as warranted upon review...