Word: bulking
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Jewett and a growing number of followers say the current system--which maximizes student choice--has resulted in a housing situation that is unacceptable at a school which strives for diversity. They cite a growing bulk of evidence that several houses have skewed populations of varsity athletes, Asian-Americans and other minority groups, and they say such living arrangements foster stereotyes and prejudice...
Spence, who has spent the bulk of his five-and-a-half year tenure as dean on issues of faculty staffing, is quietly preparing to revamp the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). And he says he's convinced that increasing the number of senior faculty and bolstering the chances that junior faculty will receive tenure here are the keys to his plans for the venerable...
...campaign over whether Bush had the heart to use power. The explanations of inaction from his Secretaries of State and Defense and his White House staff have echoes of almost every sad incident of our times, going back to Pearl Harbor. Bush's caution will probably not displease the bulk of American people now. But history sorts out the facts and is a harsher judge, not influenced by popularity polls...
...first game this season, Knight--who did not play last year and missed most of the preseason--felt like he was not quite in playing shape. Hoping to play the senior for only about 15 minutes against MIT, Getman was forced to play Knight for the bulk of the game, because of the injury to Captain Paul Baverstock...
From the beginning, the Crimson controlled the ball, going after loose balls with a passion and possessing the ball for the bulk of the first half...