Word: embark
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...surprise, could not have been better timed. After accomplishing the major goals stated at the onset of his tenure--including a wildly successful $2.6 billion capital campaign--Rudenstine has wisely chosen to step down next spring. He will leave behind a University that now possesses the resources to embark on new projects and the opportunity to seek a fresh vision...
...Saving and patience. Gore's plan is to stay the course Clinton set out but never quite got to embark upon. He wants to use the surplus the fund is currently running to pay down the national debt over the next decade or so, putting the economy on sounder footing and freeing up more money (which now goes to debt servicing) to keep the fund going a while longer. It's a stall tactic, but one with tangible overall benefits in the meantime...
Over the next several weeks, Cambridge will embark on a series of measures to maximize responses throughout the city and at Harvard. Cambridge will rely on Harvard students--considered inhabitants of Cambridge even if they vote, pay taxes or legally reside elsewhere--to both return their forms promptly and assist local census-takers...
...Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles says the number of ongoing renovation projects has made it difficult to embark on new initiatives...
...away by indulging in an afternoon of cocktails, dancing and inebriated revelry. After accidentally taking their relationship to a physical level, Abbie soon discovers that she is pregnant with Robert's child. Realizing that their relationship is the next best thing to a real romantic relationship, the two friends embark on an emotional adventure as the (unmarried) couple decide to become the parents. But the void of romantic loneliness still pervades each of the central characters. One particular night, after watching Robert leave on a date, Abbie plaintatively prays, "Dear God. Wherever you are, could you please hook...