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...species from the brink of extinction when everybody else laughed at them. One example is the California condor. At one time, there were just 12 of these birds left in the wild and one in captivity. Now there are 300. This bird would have gone but for a small group of people who would not give up. As long as we have people like that, there's hope for the future...
...more academic options. The last big student push was in 2002, when a coalition failed to win approval for a certificate in ethnic studies. The committee’s current revival has come in response to interest from the Undergraduate Council and the Ethnic Studies Coalition, an unofficial student group that formed last spring to advocate for the subject’s revitalization. Various faculty members, over 20 of whom now sit on the committee, also supported the effort.The Standing Committee’s input contributed to the hiring of two visiting faculty—Hua H. Hsu in English...
Then there's a third group, who eagerly offer amnesty to contrite storage robbers. One individual, who shall remain nameless, wrote to the Currier houselist, wrote, "P.P.S. - anonymous drop offs of my M.I.A items may be delivered to [redacted]......if you wish to remain shrouded in mystery...
...multi-million dollar compensation packages in the past, typically rewards managers for adding value and outperforming benchmarks. But it also withholds large portions of the bonuses over subsequent years in order to emphasize long-term growth and protect against excessive risk-taking. The report said that a small group of managers who outperformed markets would be receiving bonuses this year...
...Committee member Joseph G. Grassi. In the wake of Fowler-Finn’s departure, the school committee was considering candidates for the superintendency that would be particularly adroit at handling the middle school issue. “We voted on the 100 days deadline because we as a group believe that this is an important issue that must be addressed,” said school committee member Nancy Tauber. “We wanted [the new superintendent] to know this issue was a priority.” Grassi went so far as to identify the concern...