Word: gleaned
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...applicants who have overcome financial hardships, and ZIP codes form just one piece of the puzzle. In some cases, applicants also share information about their family’s financial situation in essays or interviews. With the help of Harvard economists, admissions officers use micro-level Census data to glean “further information about candidates’ socioeconomic backgrounds,” according to financial aid director Sally C. Donahue...
...agreed, saying that Saturday’s performances showed that the Crimson boats were “rowing competitively up there with the best.” “We’re lean, we’re mean, we’ve got a few seconds to glean, and in the next few races, we’re really going to do something worth seeing,” he said. —Staff writer Alexandra C. Bell can be reached at acbell@fas.harvard.edu...
...What Bush may have been able to glean from al-Hakim, however, was some sense of how Tehran views developments in Iraq. Having spent many years living in Iran, al-Hakim is plugged into the political and religious currents in the Islamic Republic. Bush has dismissed direct talks with Iran, but it would be a smart idea to listen to Tehran's proxies...
Dozens of friendly faces gathered in Sever on a chilly Friday evening to glean useful information for their romantic lives. Our sensei in this dojo of love was Dave Swaim, a Harvard Divinity School grad with a wife, three children, and pastorship at Highrock Covenant Church. While the lecture started on a scriptural note, Swaim eventually got a little more personal...
...Guantnamo as a fount of intelligence may already be ending, however. There is only so much intel you can glean from a man who has been interrogated for four years. The base commander, Navy Rear Admiral Harry Harris Jr., told TIME shortly before the Hamdan decision that 75% of detainees held at Gitmo no longer face regular questioning, and some haven't faced it in six months or longer. So, as with many of the other issues raised by the Hamdan case, perhaps the interrogation debate should move away from Gitmo and focus on other places around the world...