Word: conferred
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...aren’t here to accept or reject—we’re here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course—and we all like to be called “assistants,” not “graders”—you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook...
Even President Roosevelt weighed in on the decision, telling the Boston Evening Herald that he was “pleased as punch” with Lowell’s selection. A successful tenure in office would “confer an immense benefit on American intellectual life,” The Nation wrote...
...researchers look for relevant genes. He added that there would have been no way to get enough money from the federal government to purchase all the technology used in his research. “For the first time in history we have a realistic chance of finding genes...that confer risk for the most common kinds of Alzheimer’s,” Tanzi said. He said that every single gene discovered provides more insight into Alzheimer’s. “You can’t work on how to cure a disease until you find...
...recipient of the donations is technically the University, not the groups themselves. Without these accounts, student groups would have to establish themselves as 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations, which is a difficult, time-consuming process that requires expensive annual audits. Moreover, gift accounts are useful because they confer an extra degree of legitimacy on student groups’ finances. Because withdrawals have to go through the university, donors have the added reassurance of knowing that there is another check on wasteful spending.A University tax on these gift accounts undermines these advantages and risks defeating the purpose of creating...
...editors: Shai Bronshtein’s controversial op-ed “A City By Any Other Name” (Sep. 11) is a blatant distortion of facts and a reprehensible attempt to confer legitimacy on Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. The Israeli settlement enterprise has become a universal emblem of colonialism in the 21st century. This insignia of theft and robbery from the poor and the desolate should only be condemned and deplored. The argument flagrantly proffered by Mr. Bronshtein that Palestinian territories were “no man’s land” prior to the arrival...