Word: grounding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Under his aggressive leadership, the school's endowment grew from $20 million to over $150 million, the faculty more than tripled, and the number of degree candidates at the school increased from 200 to 800. Ten new research centers were established, and the school celebrated the ground-breaking of its third building...
Rondeau and others acknowledge the impact ofthe AT&T contract, saying that because of the sizeof its bargaining unit, the phone company hasbroken new ground. "It's a lot more than a food inthe door," Rondeau says...
...underneath the popularity of many council policies, a curious pattern was taking shape. While the body had grown deft at latching onto high-profile issues, it had failed to show initiative in breaking new ground. Its contribution to the faculty recruitment issue, in fact, came more than a year after the Minority Students Alliance and other minority groups began the movement...
...council's activist agenda seemed to progress more slowly in the second semester, it ground to a complete halt when, three weeks before the end of the year, a seemingly innocent proposal shook the campus and all but paralyzed the council for the rest of the year...
...ground floor of Widener Library. Harvard's showcase library for academic research, lies showcases of a different sort. Imbedded in the wall behind the steps leading to the main reading room are models of Harvard through the ages...