Word: granting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...students who want to join a military scholarship program from doing so. But there is no reason why such a program has to be affiliated with any educational institution. Any branch of the armed forces can afford to buy a building in Cambridge, teach courses in military theory and grant stipends to help students pay for a Harvard education. Harvard does not need to be involved at all, and it should...
...state-funded schools established as land-grant colleges, charters included provisions for military science education, leaving students with little say over the matter. So at Berkeley and Cornell--which is also partly private--some ROTC programs maintain on-campus presences, despite the efforts to remove them...
...solid majority of students polled said that they would oppose ROTC's return if Harvard decided to grant academic credit for military courses...
...MacArthur Foundation is one of the largest private funders of mental health research, according to Hearne. Although he was unable to comment on why Radcliffe College in particular was chosen for the grant, Hearne cited the foundation's general interest in longitudinal studies...
...Currier House we grant the distinction of being our fondest amusement. Each year, these hapless schlemiels manage to defy overwhelming odds and choke miserably. Squandering the legacy of a long-forgotten Marine Engineering Tutor, Currier's yachtsmen use their wondrous and speedy craft exclusively as a means to embarrass themselves. Nonetheless, their most remarkable achievement is not their genius for finding abjectly humiliating ways to lose, but their talent for having absolutely no fun in their attempts...