Word: briefed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...well as a number of non-voting guests, and on occasion the University President and FAS Dean. Students would be allowed to bring into the room personal advisers—typically faculty members or FAS officers—who could suspend proceedings to take students out for a brief break to discuss case materials. The Secretary of the Ad Board or another College administrator—instead of the resident dean of the student’s House—would deliver all disciplinary charges from the Ad Board to the student in order to preserve his or her relationship...
...indoors and avoi—” Kirkland resident Gladisley Sanchez ’09 said she was unsure when she could leave her room. The text message, she said, was unclear and the first e-mailed communications from the university were “cryptic, vague and brief.” “A lot of what I’ve learned has been through news sources,” said Kirkland Resident Elizabeth A. Cook ’10. “They should have informed us a lot earlier than they...
...understanding of Benedict's subtle disengagement from Jewish questions begins in his youth. Joseph Ratzinger served a brief, mandatory stint in Hitler's Wehrmacht, but both Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust center and the former East German secret police closed investigations into that part of his history without detecting any enthusiasm for Hitler's regime. Ratzinger's family was solidly anti-Nazi. But unlike John Paul, Ratzinger had no childhood Jewish playmates. His older brother Georg told German philosopher Raphaela Schmid, "I didn't know what a Jew was." That changed when their family moved from a small Bavarian village...
...Brief History Of: Supreme Court Nominations PAGE...
...Market analysts attributed the brief but historic run to expectations among investors that the Congress Party's victory would bring political stability to India and give Singh's progressive administration a freer hand to pursue economic reforms in sectors such as insurance, retail and banking. Some analysts are already revising India's GDP growth and corporate earnings outlooks. Chetan Ahya, economist for Morgan Stanley Asia, upgraded his growth forecast for India this year from 4.4% to 5.8%. "The markets are enthused by the current political developments after 18 years of coalition governments," says Bharat Iyer, head of India research...