Word: garnering
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...prefers anonymity, declining repeated interview requests, which a Harvard spokesman attributed to a desire not to garner publicity during University President Drew G. Faust’s first year, and only consenting to an interview when asked for this profile...
When Rothenberg tried to convince his parents to allow him to travel across the world, the possibility that his work would eventually garner him one of the most prestigious prizes given for undergraduate research never crossed his mind...
...group’s intent to protest Harvard’s response to the current drought in faculty diversity in his letter, but extended his critique to the professors who would be teaching the course, Julius LeVonne Chambers and Jack Greenberg. It was this latter part that would garner the group widespread negative attention...
...Exxon annual meeting. Over the years, the percentage of shareholders voting with Monks has increased from about 20% to 40% last year. With the backing of the Rockefeller family, hopes were high for a better showing this year, even though only 10 such proposals have ever managed to garner majority support, according to RiskMetrics, a firm that advises proxy voting. If the vote had reached a majority, it wouldn't have forced Exxon to separate the positions (like most such proposals, it was non-binding), but it would have sent a strong signal to management...
...high school wardrobe, I am stunned at the many phases I’ve gone through. Like Ben Affleck when he was briefly engaged to Jennifer Lopez, and only wore the most luxurious V-neck cashmere sweaters, only to toss them for a pair of track pants and Jennifer Garner, I was a style chameleon, a true shape-shifter.I remember reading an article in GQ last summer about how in each celebrity relationship, there’s always one partner with the recessive fashion gene. Was that me? And was Harvard my new significant other?In the summer before...