Word: chosing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Switching roles has been a way of life for the Goldstein twins, in more ways than one. At Harvard, Miriam chose Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and Beth chose Biochemical Sciences but in high school in Tampa, Fla., Beth says, "People thought Miriam was the science person and I was the humanities person...
Fearing any attempt to play prophet in front of a University "family gathering," Conant publicly changed his assignment. He chose to speak more generally about why private universities like Harvard were still important for the future in the midst of a devastating depression...
...other interviews, Atwood has explained that she chose to set The Handmaid's Maid at Harvard because of its connection to early Puritan America. Harvard was originally founded to train Puritan ministers...
...Welcome to Harvard University--an institution with a wealth of resources and possibilities you could only have dreamed of until now. We could have selected an equally good class from the pool of applicants we rejected. But we didn't. We chose you. Go, then, and fulfill our hopes for you; take advantage of every opportunity you can by whichever means you deem necessary (within reason, please), and when you're done and you've seen how fantastic we really are, give us money as a show of appreciation, so we can continue to deliver this message for another three...
Evidence seems to show that Harvard has gained a poor reputation as employer because of its tenure system. Pheng Y. Cheah was offered an assistant professorship in English but chose to accept an untenured position with tenure track at Northwestern University, because she was worried about her ultimate job security. She says the departure of Siegel, along with Assistant Professors of English Joshua D. "Jed" Esty, William R. Handley and Pellegrini, this year reassured him that he had made the right decision...