Word: existance
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...Commerce, he proposed increased spending for the hiring of new teachers as well as greater funding for Head Start and other early childhood education programs. Especially promising, his plan would institute merit pay for teachers in up to 150 school districts, lift the limits on charter schools that exist in some states, and make it easier for schools to fire underperforming teachers. We are encouraged by President Obama’s commitment to the innovative policies he proposed during his campaign and are pleased to see his willingness to challenge teachers’ unions—a key Democratic constituency?...
...Ramaswamy does admit, however, that exceptions do exist. “I could see the other side of it,” he says. “If an entrepreneur felt that really, their thing was the next thing, the next Facebook or the next Microsoft, then I could see the justification for dropping out there also.” Kosslyn says that students should consider how Harvard can fit into their lifelong objectives. “It’s not like Harvard is something worth avoiding, but I mean it depends on why you come to Harvard...
...might think that, in such circumstances, the birds’ senders would seek to mitigate harms. Instead, Bird Shippers of America, the industry group, employs a lobbyist in Washington to push for the repeal of the few restrictions that still exist on this trade in sentient beings...
...whether the class had started at 5:30. The TF was shocked. “No, of course not,” she stammered slowly. “It starts at seven after. You’re fine.” She was dumbfounded that another option could possibly exist. I watched as the student, happy to have his belief in the universality of Harvard Time affirmed, placidly took a seat. He was twelve minutes late. He had missed nearly a quarter of the section. Absolutely no one cared. It was wonderful...
...There was an active feminist community, but it was relegated to Radcliffe. Everything changed with the final Harvard-Radcliffe merger in 1999, when Radcliffe ceased to exist as an undergraduate college, and Drew Faust became the first dean of the new Radcliffe Institute. Most of the woman-specific funding and programs disappeared or shifted to Harvard, and their future was shrouded in mystery. It seemed as though it would be hard to make Harvard treat us as well as Radcliffe had. We were afraid that Harvard would assume titular responsibility for us as full and equal students but would...