Word: charter
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Before this pool of money gets too far from its source, it might be wise to consider the legal thicket which surrounds it. The original 1882 charter of Radcliffe (then known as the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women) authorized two specific purposes: (1) "promoting the education of women with the assistance of the instructors in Harvard University," and (2) "the further purpose of transferring the whole or any part of its money or property" to Harvard "whenever the same can be so done" as to advance the first purpose in a "satisfactory" manner...
...throughout the Arab world. FOR MONICA'S SAKE, IRAQI CHILDREN ARE DYING read a sign waved during a demonstration at a Cairo mosque. From Russia and China came deep grumblings that the U.S. had overstepped itself. Said Boris Yeltsin: "The U.S. and Great Britain have crudely violated the U.N. charter and generally accepted principles of international law and the norms and rules of responsible behavior of states...
MARCY CARSEY and TOM WERNER, two of television's most prolific producers (3rd Rock from the Sun, The Cosby Show, Roseanne) are proud to be "charter members" of the TV generation. Who better than they to tell you about David Sarnoff, the brilliant man who founded NBC and put that addictive device in your living room...
From our earliest days as network executives and, before that, as students of the medium and charter members of the first generation of TV viewers, we have lived and worked in his giant shadow. Having established our own production company, we are humbled by the success of a man who started with nothing and by force of will ignited a revolution that has had an unparalleled effect on our society...
...speech by saying that "educational reform is the number one issue of my career," especially the state of America's public school system. One expects such a comment to be followed by talk of school funding, vouchers, busing, bilingual education, the condition of inner city schools, teacher testing, charter schools and other components of the national debate on this subject. Many of these issues did arise in Paglia's speech, though most of them could have just whizzed by your ears thanks to her whirlwind speaking style...