Word: attaining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their primary allegiance to their House; most feel more a part of outside organizations, like athletic teams. The Houses in large part have thus become atomized. Cliques developing in a given House reinforce themselves through the housing lottery's peculiar form of natural selection, making House unity hard to attain...
...flexibility to forget past Arab-Israeli hatreds, just as he had once forgotten his alliances with the Nazis, Nasser and the Soviets. Sadat was never unstable. Rather he was an ideologue who set different targets at different times for himself and for his country and then tried to attain them...
Reduced inflation, reduced interest rates and a balanced budget are fundamental. But how do you attain them? By reducing "entitlement accounts." I receive Social Security, but I believe senior citizens should accept the pain along with the younger generation...
...seems help from the freshmen is essential if the Crimson are to attain MacAusland's goals of becoming one of the Ivies' top teams and advancing to the EAIAW (Eastern regional) tournamaent. "We ended on a high last year," MacAusland says, referring to the team's performance at last year's tournamaent in Springfield. Seeded last, the stickwomen nearly stunned top-seeded UNH in the first round, losing 2-1 on a Janet Greene tally late in the second half...
...there is the usual smattering of Ivy Leaguers hanging on as backups, floating from team to team in an effort to attain the national stature that doesn't accompany Ivy glory. Harvard's Pat McInally '75, punter and substitute receiver with the Cincinnati Bengals, offers a good example of a superb Ivy athlete who has never achieved proportionate prominence in pro ball, but nonetheless manages to make a living in a highly competitive business...