Word: benefiter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...There is a resistance to engage all the resources of [the University],” Houghton said. He added that Harvard could improve the tone of its relationship with the community by taking the initiative to put together a package of ideas to benefit the neighborhood, rather than just relying on community proposals...
...hike in the gas tax will have several benefits to those living in Massachusetts. The money generated will serve to cover the deficit in the transportation budget and allow needed maintenance operations to take place. A large portion of the funds will go toward maintaining the roads and bridges that make up the Turnpike, but the MBTA would also benefit. Its fares could be maintained at current prices, and all cuts in service would become unnecessary...
...lack of fresh orchids in the Faculty Club bathrooms, the Harvard Men’s Basketball season, and other activities detrimental to Hope. 1. Harvard must begin with its most shovel-ready projects: holes. For example, with China’s increasing prominence in global commerce, Harvard could benefit from having the only hole that would pass through the center of the earth to China. This measure would greatly boost Harvard’s primary source of income: Asian tourists. Additional diggers could make large holes camouflaged with leaves and twigs to catch Allston’s indigenous bears, which...
...Doris K. Goodwin, the presidential scholar and Roosevelt biographer who delivered the memorial lecture at the benefit dinner for the restoration project, said that when Roosevelt returned to Harvard to deliver Harvard’s 300th Commencement address in 1936, he was not well received by the Wall Street barons in the audience. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
Kate Allen, Amnesty's U.K. director, believes both the U.S. and British governments would benefit from such a process. President Obama has "made a tremendous start" by announcing the closure of Guantánamo, she says, but "his tendency will be to look forward. He actually needs to look back to what happened before he took office. Whatever the ins and outs of the case, the British government looks like it's covering...