Word: eas
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...nicknamed "Seek and Destroy," had to get within striking range, past Iraqi air defenses that remained potent. F-16 fighter jets and an EA-6B jamming plane made sure that no Iraqi missiles would get a good shot at the Baghdad-bound B-1. The crew never saw their target; the cloud cover below stretched for miles. But satellites were the real eyes of the mission. For this strike, U.S. Central Command called for two 2,000-lb. smart bombs known as JDAMs, then doubled the order. A JDAM, once loaded with coordinates, is guided to its kill by global...
Fitzsimmons said the recent focus on the relative merits of nonbinding EA policies like Harvard’s, as opposed to the more prevalent Early Decision (ED) policy, where students promise to attend a first-choice school in exchange for a December admissions decision, might have made EA more attractive to applicants, particularly those for whom financial aid might be a consideration...
Georgetown University, another EA school, saw its early application numbers rise from about 4,400 to over 5,200, according to Georgetown spokesperson Julie Bataille...
...There was clearly a preference for EA [over ED],” said Joe Prieto, an admissions counselor at the Illinois Math and Science Academy...
...according to Fitzsimmons, who said he has “no idea” whether any of this year’s early applicants have submitted simultaneous applications to other EA or ED schools, the publicity had a positive effect on interest in applying early to Harvard...