Word: closers
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Part of last spring’s budget plan had called for the hiring of fewer teaching assistants—section leaders who are otherwise unaffiliated with Harvard, as opposed to teaching fellows. Average section sizes were expected to creep upwards, closer to a long-standing target of 18 students, which, according to McCarty, is frequently undershot...
When they got to middle school and high school, skiing was offered as a team sport, which allowed the Spragues to become even closer...
...dense capital region. But the challenge facing the Philippines and other poor Asian countries is one of resources. Most Southeast Asia nations budget around 2% or 3% of their GDP for infrastructure development. To fend off such disasters in the future, Jain says that figure ought to be closer to 5% or 6%. It's a deficit that few governments can afford to make up overnight...
...results revealed that the experiment helped consultants "communicate better, share more personal information and forge closer relationships." Work quality and morale improved. You see, the experiment targeted "bad intensity"—that feeling that you can't get anything done if you're not spending all your time working, that you need to be constantly on go-mode to keep yourself caught...
...France is pushing closer ties and Lamers, since retired, believes both countries have finally gotten the message. "Sarkozy has learned and realized that he, too, has made mistakes in the past," he says, citing the French President's initiative for a Mediterranean Union which caused irritation in Berlin in 2007. "There's an understanding on both sides now that the countries need each other...