Word: burnering
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...researchers," said Kevin Casey, Harvard's associate vice president for government, community, and public affairs. "The fact that this early in President Faust's tenure that she would agree to testify before Congress right away demonstrates its high priority. We plan to continue to put this on the front burner...
...health care] than any other single event in the movement," says Joel Segal, a staffer assisting Congressman John Conyers on a universal-health-care bill. "I don't think it's a coincidence that all the Democratic candidates--presidential and congressional--are pushing universal health care as a front-burner issue." A Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that as a result of Sicko, 43% of people were more likely to report that they think health-care reform is needed. However, the effect was not universal--43% of liberals had a positive view of the film, compared with just...
Doctor’s orders for a healthy season opening weekend: a barn burner against a ranked team that builds strength, followed by a solid win against a team that beat you last year shows a team is legitimate.For the Harvard men’s tennis team, this weekend’s opponents—and the successful results—were just what the doctor ordered.On Friday, the Crimson opened its dual-match season by defeating #38 William and Mary 4-3 in a match that came down to the final set between each team?...
...after a series of contentious meetings between Harvard officials and Allston residents, the University decided to focus on the science complex and put the art center on the back burner...
...were really so. Instead, he says, as devices evolve, people wind up befuddled and annoyed. The culprit: bad design, a longtime target of the Northwestern University professor. In his seminal 1990 book, The Design of Everyday Things, Norman explained why, for example, people so often switch on the wrong burner of an oven range--in a person's mind, a straight row of control knobs doesn't logically map onto a square stove...