Word: collectivities
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When they arrived in Washington last January to take on the tsunami job, the Bush-Clinton task was fairly limited: tour the region, collect information about how to help foreign governments, direct Americans to the right charities and send a signal at home and abroad that the U.S. takes the relief effort seriously. It didn't take long for the ice to break: both men discovered that they hated repeated rehearsals of television spots and tried to entertain each other between takes. During a round of joint interviews, Clinton put his former rival at ease by changing the subject when...
...measure that, according to the DoC’s summary of the proposal, was intended to prevent researchers from hiding their political loyalties behind a new citizenship. Summers called this requirement “neither reasonable nor permissible” and said that Harvard does not collect this information because of federal laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of national origin...
...Although iRobot's Roomba, the robotic vacuum cleaner, was a hip innovation, it had its share of problems. It was better at capturing the imaginations of robot lovers than it was at capturing the grit and grime that collect in carpet. It occasionally choked on wires, tassels and other stringy things that might be lying in its path, and could easily be shown up by the vacuum cleaner you already own. Since most people don't own floor buffers or other electric mopping equipment, the Scooba isn't following a hard act. The alternative to robot floor washing is pulling...
...Nicholas B. Sylvester ’04 invited the cult indie band the Exploding Hearts to perform at the Spee. His grass-roots effort could easily have fallen on its face. He didn’t work with the administration or the UC, and he didn’t collect money from concert-goers until they were literally at the door...
...Network), which was started by a student at Swarthmore as a way to connect students from around the country.In coordination with the Save Darfur Coalition and the GI Network, STAND introduced the “Power to Protect” campaign. From January through April, they hope to collect one million letters to deliver to Congress and the President. Their first goal is to pressure the House to pass the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act, which would give $50 million to African Union forces.Ilana R. Cohen, a senior who is secretary of the Brandeis STAND chapter, said that students have...