Word: heeds
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...California wants to improve diversity in higher education it should fix its system of public secondary education. In the meantime, the Board of Regents should continue to heed the wise voice of the people as expressed through Prop. 209, and continue to maintain an admissions policy based solely on merit. Jenny E. Heller '01 Noah D. Oppenheim...
Though a September letter from Harvard Arts and Sciences Computer Services (HASCS) warned that unchanged PINs would expire by Nov. 2, HASCS figures show that thousands of students paid no heed...
...that reform is needed. In September the Swiss senate granted the I.O.C. a tax abatement worth $1.5 million for "public service to Switzerland"--a country seeking the 2006 Winter Olympics for its mountain resort Sion. The lower house of parliament has yet to approve the windfall, but it may heed Finance Minister Kaspar Villiger, who persuaded reluctant senators to approve the tax break even if it meant "holding their noses...
...minute, maybe more. And when it was over, Livingston, who stood bracing his tall, lean frame over the lectern, lifted his head up and delivered the sentences that sucked the air out of the House chamber. "I can only challenge you in such fashion that I am willing to heed my own words," he said, still addressing Clinton. At that there was an audible, collective gasp. At least one Republican lawmaker softly spoke the plea...
...example. After making what he probably knew were two vain pleas -- one for the President to resign and one for the House to heal its divisions ?- the Speaker-elect of the House told Clinton that "I can only challenge you in such fashion if I am prepared to heed my own words." Livingston, in front of a shocked House, abruptly quit -- and drew a bipartisan standing ovation. There was already a rumored replacement by day's end, an obscure Illinois Republican named Dennis Hastert...