Word: heeds
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...University moved in earnest last October to begin planning for its Allston expansion with University President Lawrence H. Summers’ letter to the Faculty, his proposal drew criticism for failing to heed the concerns of professors and undergraduates. The four Allston planning committees that Summers formed after his letter, including the committee on undergraduate life, lacked any sort of student representation...
...these, to extend brilliant local and pilot programs to more people? Alice Waters? one-word answer to this question struck me as the most honest: Money. And that?s where the grassroots pressure comes in. The food industry will go where its customers lead them. Government ultimately has to heed the voters. ?A million mad moms? - is a phrase that echoes in my ears. There is a role for the media - my colleagues, those at ABC, and elsewhere - to educate moms and dads. Perhaps if we stop playing up the dietary confusion message and emphasize what works in fighting obesity...
...Outside of China's main financial hubs, however, there is a risk that attempts to curtail overly optimistic investments by clamping down on credit will be ineffective, because local lenders may not heed Beijing's edicts. For a nation that was once completely command controlled, the central government has surprisingly few ways to compel regional lenders to obey orders. In Chengdu, for example, capital of Sichuan province 1,500 kilometers from Beijing, a branch of the China Construction Bank recently approved loans to upgrade a steel mill in the town of Panzhihua. Jiang Wen, chief of the bank's business...
With job interviews coming up, and the advent of a certain date in April that has certain significations for certain people who engage in a certain herbal substance, Gossip Guy found himself, err, swamped this week. Fortunately his energetic younger sister, Gossip Gal, is back to heed the call, wearing her spring best and bringing you bare-legged rumors, strappy lies, and pastel-colored innuendo...
...result of this dithering, argues Speth, is that whatever slack nature cut us is gone. Still, he hasn't given up. Now he's looking to scale up what he calls "jazz," the voluntary and improvisational efforts of those who believe the world should heed the traditional sailor's warning alluded to in the book's title. If people lead, maybe the leaders will follow. --By Eugene Linden