Word: breather
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...potential donors and create “linkage” between donations and FAS initiatives.Hoxby also said fundraising concerns were a key reason for University Hall’s sudden, unexpected halt to faculty growth this summer.“We’re having a bit of a breather this year so the development office can catch up with us,” Hoxby said.But professors who rose to speak after hearing the committee’s report were markedly skeptical of the Faculty’s financial direction.Anthropology Department Chair Arthur Kleinman called for closer cooperation between...
Larry Summers traded the daily grind for the bump and grind last night at his annual study break for freshmen in Annenberg Hall. But in his first hoedown since tying the knot, the University president proved to be a New man. Nearly half the Class of 2009 took a breather from their books for the chance to hobnob with the Big Man on Campus over a lavish spread of coconut cream pie, eclairs, and hot cider. But Summers, who was joined by his wife of three weeks, Professor of English Elisa New, spent less time on the dance floor this...
...This was not the way the White House was planning to greet the holidays. After a turbulent but ultimately productive first year, polls were showing that the President's approval rating had jumped to a gratifying 58%. White House aides, looking forward to a long-overdue breather, had lined up a series of Yuletide photo ops and year-end interviews that would let the President and Mrs. Clinton focus on the budget victory, the come-from-behind NAFTA triumph and next year's campaign on health care. The week opened instead with two painful blasts from the past, one about...
Widman finds himself without a choice again this year. But this season, he won’t have any time to sit down for a breather. The versatile senior from Charlotte, N.C., will shoulder fullback, halfback, and tight end duties this year for the Crimson offense...
...witty romance novelist. She doesn't disappoint with her new book, Match Me if You Can (Morrow), which immediately landed on the New York Times bestsellers list. Galley Girl caught up with Phillips by phone, as she was having tea at a little cafe in Phoenix, taking a breather from her hectic book tour...