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Smith, who is in Europe with his family, did not respond to requests for comment. FAS spokesman Robert P. Mitchell deferred comment on the search until Smith's return. In a letter sent to Faculty members last week, however, Smith solicited suggestions from professors to assist in the selection of a new dean...
...managed to score a hat trick against Haiti during qualifying, his spot on the roster wasn’t a sure thing, as he failed to receive significant starting time for the rest of qualifiers. Subsequent performances in international friendlies—he notched a goal and an assist against Canada—helped boost Akpan’s stock, and consequently, his position on the U-20 team...
...letter sent to Faculty members on Wednesday, Smith solicited suggestions from professors to assist in the selection of a new dean...
...their commanding lead in the polls hasn't lulled the conservatives into taking the outcome for granted. Led by interim Prime Minister Francois Fillon, UMP candidates have hammered away at the importance of capturing a resounding majority to assist the popular Sarkozy with what they call long-overdue reforms - changes they accuse the left of being too ideologically deluded to accept. In reply to leftist accusations that rolling back welfare would penalize the less wealthy to the benefit of the rich, Fillon mocked his rivals as "moralizing impostors." He also smeared leftists opposing the right's promises to curb immigration...
Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's, may have kicked off the trend 15 years ago when he began urging other CEOs to assist employees with adoption. Himself an adoptee, Thomas started his foundation to help find permanent homes for children in the U.S. foster-care system. (More than 140,000 currently await adoption, according to Sorensen.) This year the foundation began tracking corporations and ranking them according to the generosity of their benefits. Of companies that provide adoption assistance, it found that $4,700 is offered on average per adoption and about double that if a child has special needs...