Word: assigned
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...When we receive a complaint, we discuss [it] confidentially within the group and assign one member of the council to deal with the specific situation," Adamovich says. "We're here for those students who want to turn to their peers...
...America, we have developed two main doctrines of thought regarding race relations. The national dichotomy between these two doctrines falls roughly into line with the campus dichotomy between those who assign blame to others and those who think rhetoric is sufficient. On the one hand, there is the conservative doctrine that is very uncomfortable in accepting any historical responsibility for the wrongs of the past. This doctrine would like to abolish affirmative action and many government-run social programs in the belief that it is individuals and not groups that matter. The liberal doctrine asserts that we must recognize...
...filed for a patent. Nine months later, having pored over Taborsky's notebooks, Carnahan and a Florida Progress officer filed for the same patent. But the U.S. Patent Office in 1992 granted two patents to Taborsky. Infuriated, the university appealed to the district court judge, who ordered Taborsky to assign his patents to the university or be sent to prison. When Taborsky balked, he was sentenced to 3 1/2 years. Jennifer, exhausted by the legal battles, left him. "I decided that the case was more important than our marriage," says Taborsky...
...thousand years ago, the Sumerians etched their fears and hopes in cuneiform. Centuries later, the Egyptians glorified Ra on papyrus scrolls. The Old Testament was hewed and edited in the 1st century A.D., when the scrolls were turned into primitive books called codices. Forced for the first time to assign to the Holy Story a beginning, middle and end, Christian and Hebrew scholars took different paths--creating a schism that endures to this day. For example, Jews pray from a Bible (known as the Tanach) that places the prophecies right after the book of Deuteronomy; Christians don't encounter...
...energy and enthusiasm what I lack in skills, and to "play smart," because this is Harvard, right? IMs provide the perfect does of sports for a weekend warrior like me. We count the good players on the other teams by who has cleats and shin guards, and we assign our own cleated players accordingly. Then I gingerly take my place along the line of scrimmage or behind the half mark and get ready to play...