Word: core
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...people in the movement that it cannot concentrate on both agitation and education. Two years ago marked a particular low in the movement, and much of last year was spent attempting to regain some of the momentum the movement had lost, SASC members say. This year, SASC numbers 30 core members...
...concentration, Michelson says, since "linguistics isn't something that people hear about in high school." To "make freshmen aware that there is a Linguistics department," faculty have worked to increase the number of their courses reviewed in the CUE Guide and to get a Linguistics course included in the Core Curriculum...
...live performances, which form the core of the theater's new format, represent a return to the Music Hall's earliest days. Those who attended the opening night on Dec. 27, 1932, saw 17 acts, including Ray Bolger, Martha Graham and the Flying Wallendas. But Depression-era audiences were eager for the escapism that Hollywood films provided, and the house soon became famous for world movie premieres...
Many companies become converts to crisis planning only after they have been shaken to their corporate core. That was the experience of H.J. Heinz, the consumer-products conglomerate. The firm attracted unwelcome attention last year when its Star-Kist subsidiary was accused of shipping 1 million cans of rancid tuna in Canada. Even after the Canadian Prime Minister impounded the fish, Heinz executives refused to speak to the press or the public. Concedes Thomas McIntosh, a Heinz spokesman: "It was ignorance. We didn't know what was happening. It was a truly embarrassing episode." Two months ago, Heinz belatedly began...
...council has not tackled the big issues on student agendas: the paucity of good core courses, problems with teaching fellows and sections, and problems with grading in some departments. Chocolate milk, grants, and foam fingers are nice, but academics are why we all came to Harvard...