Word: embarks
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...asked to investigate whether Enron’s directors should be removed from the boards of other public companies. There’s no word on whether the SEC will comply, or how long such an investigation might take. But as the SEC considers the request, Harvard should embark on its own investigation—whether Harvard Corporation member Herbert S. “Pug” Winokur ’64-’65, an Enron director since 1985, should remain on the University’s highest governing body...
According to media reports, West may have been angry at Summers for not speaking out more strongly in favor of affirmative action. West was also upset, though, because he felt personally insulted by Summers’ exhortations that he be a leader in combating grade inflation and that he embark on a work of serious scholarship rather than record...
...this the end to all hopes for diplomacy? Privately, Israeli officials said they would restore ties with Arafat if he would embark on a real crackdown. One of his security officials in Gaza argues that Arafat cannot do that without alienating his constituents. This source compares Arafat to the coach of a national soccer team. "How can you turn around halfway through the game and say the goaltender is Islamic Jihad, so he has to be arrested, and one of the players is Hamas, so we're going to arrest him too? How can you explain that to the spectators...
Using a treasure hunt for a valuable and historically significant object to hold the narrative together, Martin’s novels trace the history of legendary New England locations and span several generations. In Cape Cod, the characters embark on search for a lost log of the Mayflower. “These stories begin in the distant past and pick up with a modern character. We follow him as he keeps delving into the past. You travel through time with the main characters and you have two stories, the modern and the historical, working at the same time...
This weekend Harvard’s finest rowers will prep their coxswains and grease their oars as they embark on the 37th annual Head of the Charles regatta...