Word: core
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...defense has been the core for us; we’ve turned it up,” Amaker said...
...Hampshire Democrats gave Hillary Clinton the chance to recast her campaign, but her central message thus far has put a spotlight on the problems she will face in reaching out beyond the core Democratic constituency...
...period with neither Core nor Gen Ed would not mean a window in which, for a few fleeting years, Harvard would “become Brown.” Concentration requirements would remain just as rigorous and, if need be, the faculty could impose a loose distribution requirement. Such a distribution requirement was, in fact, the original result of Harvard’s search to replace the Core. A brief interlude under such a requirement would not disadvantage students who entered under the current system, and would also allow the College to be sure it made the right choice...
...College has already rejected the Core, but current students seem to be falling through the cracks. In response, the faculty ought to free students from both decayed and yet-to-be-written requirements. Harvard must ensure the new system’s quality and feasibility for the classes to come, but it should do so without ignoring the needs of current students. The university is bidding a long goodbye to a faulty structure, and although the goodbye is warranted, I, for one, wish it were briefer...
...Moreover, several campaign advisers acknowledged, Obama will be pressured by all sorts of people to change his message and approach as the race broadens beyond the two states - and again take up a sharper knife in his fight with Hillary. That would be, they add, a mistake. Obama's core message of inviting Americans to work together to bring about changes in health care, education, foreign policy and energy policy is not going to change, they say. And it would be dangerous to try. "His challenge is to stay disciplined and stay on the track," said one adviser...