Word: elements
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...conflict between Summers and his senior staff, which played out while a larger struggle with the Faculty ensued, adds a new element to last year’s turmoil and suggests that the president may have been fighting many of his battles on his own. With his presidency in crisis, it was Summers himself—backed by a few confidantes outside Mass. Hall—who resisted kowtowing to the Faculty in the days before the controversy turned into a national uproar...
Administration officials concede that the controversy will inject a volatile new element into the confirmation debate but say Alito will resist getting drawn in. "It will form the basis for questions and possible senatorial grandstanding, and the hearing may be more hostile than it was with [recently confirmed Chief Justice John] Roberts," an official involved in the nomination tells TIME. "But like any nominee to the court, you're not going to see him predict any cases or make any commitments to the committee." As for that two-decade-old memo, it was a domestic matter that has "no nexus...
...Allen out of his element filming in London? He loved it 'cause there was no sunshine. He's sort of allergic to sunshine. He just seemed happy and twinkly and unstressed, and you kept thinking, This can't be good. He's so hands-off as a director that it feels like you're left to your own devices...
...pleased with the latest draft and glad that so many students took the time to offer honest critiques of it. And we hope that the College heeds the latest student input on this space and that changes they contribute come to fruition in a timely manner.Perhaps the most welcome element of plans for Hilles’ fourth floor is that it will be devoid of space set aside for any particular student group. With plans to parcel other floors into nooks for student groups, the current draft of the fourth floor allots space for a sizable conference area, a larger...
...happiest when he was writing music,” Lora Martino said. Although labeled as a Serial or a 12-tone composer, Martino never seemed to agree with these titles. In addition to being denser and more complex, his music often included an improvisatory element. “He was a kooky guy and always cracking jokes,” his son, Christopher Martino, said. “People who were his close friends knew this, but I don’t think the rest of the public ever recognized this in him.” Other musicians spoke...