Word: eras
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...era of shrinking University finances and recession-related budget cuts, one student organization—the Leadership Institute at Harvard College—just received a $50,000 cash infusion. The grant from the Flora Family Foundation, which supports public service initiatives, will be given to the student group in two yearly installments of $25,000. The money will be used to expand the Leadership Institute’s existing programs as well as develop new curriculum. The student-run Institute—started in 2004-2005—seeks to provide concrete leadership training to supplement academic education...
...expertise in institutional change management and governance stands to help many colleges and universities with their efforts to be self-managing learning organizations and to thrive in this era of uncertainty,” said Gates, a former assistant provost at New York University for three years...
...financial-aid program, it is misguided to blame the university for doing what it can to pay its bills, even if that means allowing Harvard’s name to adorn crimson-lined blazers and madras shorts reminiscent of the 1950s “good-old-boy” era. Some students have complained that attaching the phrase “Harvard Yard” to expensive clothing will entrench Harvard’s elitist image and discourage potential students who aren’t from affluent backgrounds from applying. Because the clothing is expensive, the argument goes, these prospective...
...We’ve lost an innocence bred from willful ignorance, which blinded Americans to the steroid-fueled excesses of the Juiced Era and the debt-fueled excesses of our economies’ latest Gilded Age. If from now on we must live with slower growth, fewer home runs, and the genuine, Little Papi...
...Today’s era of de-leveraging calls out for a baseball figure to serve as its diamond representative. Big Papi may not be the perfect choice. Perhaps A-Rod, with his particular blend of hubris and insecurity, his enormous paycheck, and Manhattan address more closely mirrors the era’s Wall-Street-fueled excesses...