Word: formality
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...care centers, Work/Family Specialist Sarah Bennett-Astesano at the Office of Work/Life Resources, or Task Force Chair and Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity Evelynn M. Hammonds.Martin, whose five-year-old daughter attends daycare in her hometown of Lexington, Mass., says she did not even complete the formal application process for Harvard’s child care facilities because she did not think her daughter was likely to be admitted. One center did not invite her for a tour so as not to get her hopes up, she says.According to Martin, Harvard’s provisions...
...global warming, directing sharp criticism at author Michael Crichton ’64 whose book, “State of Fear,” argues that the scientific evidence for climate change is thin. Browner said that many people who deny climate change are using Crichton, who has no formal scientific training, as their “main source,” and that he has briefed President Bush and testified before the Senate as an “expert witness” on climate science. “And he’s a graduate of this fine institution...
...venues of higher education. I also understand and appreciate the educational potential afforded by the Internet. Nevertheless, I must part company with the outgoing President on the issue of Internet education at Harvard. The offering of Internet courses for university credit provokes a question fundamental to the existence of formal education in the contemporary world: Why do we need formal education at all in a society in which technologies such as the printing press the, Internet, and cable television theoretically enable one to educate oneself? Although one can, of course, learn much through self-education, the process of learning alone...
...world would have screamed that we were guilty of censorship." So her cries came to dominate the news cycle. If that weren't awkward enough, when Bush and Hu stood on the south lawn, the loudspeaker mistakenly referred to China as the Republic of China, the formal name of Taiwan, which China considers a mere province. Later in the Oval Office, Bush apologized to Hu for the Falun Gong heckler...
...expected to devote around 40 hours a semester to the role, according to the APO website. “For some, the peer advising fellow program might not sound as attractive as the prefect program,” Nadler said. “It may seem a little more formal and demanding.” The APO will choose about 300 applicants to be interviewed next week by members of the SAB and College administrators. “Ultimate selection will be made by groups of people, including the SAB members and its guests,” Rinere wrote...