Word: dependance
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...last semester has now taken hold at NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, in Evanston, III. where Winter Quarter's former seven-day Reading Week was cut to four days. Like their Cantab counterparts, Northwestern students bitched aplenty because of the change, but Dean Rudolph Weingartner offered the "hope that nobody's grades depend on an extra two days." Like Harvard's mini-reading period, Northwestern's was the result of a scheduling fluke, and will return to full length in the future. Some, though, apparently benefit from the mandatory cram, chemistry lee turer Thomas Weaver reported that Winter Quarter grades for his courses...
...brought the Soviets back to the negotiating table--with the clear aim of stopping the program." The New York Times itself has reported on the importance the Russians attach to Star Wars: "The Russians have said agreements to reduce the arsenals of nuclear bombs and missiles will depend on American willingness to limit the Strategic Defense Initiative...
...addition, General Dynamics, more than perhaps any other company, has a tight symbiotic relationship with the Pentagon. It relies on Government contracts for 94% of its business, unlike other contractors, such as Boeing, that depend on the private sector for a sizable percentage of sales. Free from the competitive discipline of the marketplace, General Dynamics has found that pulling strings at the Pentagon can be more important than making products efficiently. The Pentagon, in turn, is dangerously dependent on General Dynamics. It is the only supplier of the Trident submarine and one of two contractors for the SSN 688 attack...
...unable to estimate the cost of the project, but said it would depend on the size of the press run and the format of the guide, which have not been decided...
...THIS VIOLENT, ever-changing, dog-eat-dog world, it's nice to know, there are some things you can depend on This is why every freshman male at Harvard can rest assured that, even though his tuition may be raised, his financial aid cut, and his grades suffer, he can still count on at least one call from the Action...