Word: garnering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...beginning of this year's legislative session, SCAS submitted a bill to Demakis which became House bill 1344 (H. 1344) and was largely based on S. 2129. SCAS then agreed to support Jacques new bill, S. 767, in the hopes that it would garner more support. However, SCAS insisted on certain changes before it would support the bill, according to Pope, who was primarily responsible for the negotiations...
...pair of recommendations are crucial to any sensible proposal for reform: First, the UCRC should recommend that the council decrease its numbers by half. If it is to garner the respect of the student body, its members must come to the council as the result of contested and well-publicized elections...
...does LeBow feel about being the maverick who broke ranks with his peers? "I just feel like we've done the right thing," he says. "I'm not a maverick." He can deny that all he wants. But LeBow is more maverick than James Garner. He shuns glamour, preferring to invest in down-and-out companies. He has teamed up with the likes of Carl Icahn, a consummate outsider. And he doesn't mind an ugly fight...
...addition, Lawrence pointed out that this was a "really fast meet", meaning that many Crimson swimmers notched personal best times, but were still unable to garner any individual medals...
...band was able to garner more than 30 percent of the vote, indicating to some that it is difficult to find a band that can please the diversity of musical tastes on campus...