Word: favors
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...others have made that case for years, but have always avoided bringing it to federal court for fear of an unfriendly reception. But Olson told TIME that their approach will also seek to leverage powerful reasoning in the small but growing number of state supreme court decisions that favor gay marriage, from California's sweeping decision last year that spurred on the Prop 8 movement to Iowa's 2009 decision, with its lengthy rebuttal of religious-based arguments against gay marriage...
...path within their concentration—but not before they take classes that ground them in the framework of the field.The English department has slashed most of its requirements—including its “Major British Writers” series, English 10a and 10b—in favor of granting its concentrators more electives. But the reduction has come with a renewed commitment to “common-ground” courses.Starting next year, English will require concentrators to take one class in each of four areas: “Diffusions,” “Arrivals...
...Faust hopes to install a Dean that can hit the ground running on the budget and continue the budgetary reforms initiated by Jackson, she may favor him as permanent Dean. Professors Manning, Minow, and Wilkins lack Jackson’s familiarity with the budget and might be unable to make progress on the budget as quickly, according to several senior professors on the faculty...
...That may favor Minow, an interdisciplinary scholar who began her Harvard career at the Graduate School of Education and who faculty say would bring the broadest perspective to the University among the candidates for Dean...
...Gross ’71 made developing General Education, increasing student social space and improving student advising his priorities.In spring 2007, the Undergraduate Council reignited the discussion, calling for a student referendum on support for the calendar revision. Of the 3,467 students who voted, 84 percent responded in favor of the change.At the end of that academic year, Bok announced that the Harvard Corporation—the University’s highest governing body—had approved a calendar modeled on the Verba committee’s initial suggested schedule.But in August 2007, just months after Bok?...