Word: float
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...classroom as well as outside it, is that everyone is liberal. Why is this? Perhaps because Harvard is located in the People’s Republic of Cambridge in the heart of blue Massachusetts: the sort of community whose Oktoberfest parade features a Communist marching band and an elaborate float of pigs strapped to lipstick rockets. But the Harvard student body comes from all over—even from red states. More than 25 percent of the class of 2012 hails from the traditionally more conservative Midwest and South. In fact, Harvard’s world-class reputation enables...
...Nixon severed the link between the dollar and gold - a decision made to prevent a run on Fort Knox, which contained only a third of the gold bullion necessary to cover the amount of dollars in foreign hands. By 1973, most major world economies had allowed their currencies to float freely against the dollar. It was a rocky transition, characterized by plummeting stock prices, skyrocketing oil prices, bank failures and inflation...
...past weekend by an unlikely competitor—at least according to the polls. Harvard and offensive leader Fucito, though, have always relished the role of the underdog.“We’re not really getting any respect in the polls, but I’d rather float under the radar and prove to the others that we can compete,” Fucito said.The men’s soccer team, who boosted their record to 6-3 in overall play and an impressive 3-0 in Ancient Eight play with this weekend’s victory, proved...
...nine per cent turn out to be bogus. The names never made it onto national master list and stayed in the raw files where they belonged. We missed 9/11, but not because the two San Diego hijackers were not on a list. We missed it because so many names float through Washington that their significance was missed...
...Federal Government for a $7 billion loan to fund its daily operations, it was the most dramatic display yet of how state and local governments are being buffeted by the deterioration in credit markets. With few willing buyers of municipal securities, Massachusetts twice shelved plans to float $750 million worth of short-term notes used for paying its bills. And across the country, dozens of other funding deals for longer-term projects, from road repair to school expansion, have been delayed...