Word: hoping
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...Trimble acknowledges that, even amid the quarreling, the summit showed some hope: "Russia has a good track record. They were always seen as a very reliable supplier. There is no reason to believe the problems can't be resolved. I think the chances are pretty good that gas will continue...
...Politicians are natural masters at understanding how metaphors can control conversations. Just think of President Obama and Administration officials - people with a vested interest in convincing us the country is on the mend - talking about "glimmers of hope" in the economy. "Green shoots" seem like child's play when set next to "glimmers of hope. (See the top 10 worst business deals of the past year...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith recently appointed six working groups to oversee what he has called the “reshaping” of different sections of FAS, which is set to run an annual deficit of over $143 million that administrators hope to close by July 2011. According to University President Drew G. Faust, the purpose of the working groups is to come up with ideas for “structural changes,” which could include “better ways of sharing” administrative duties...
...Craig B. Colbeck, a Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student. Linda Ellison, who teaches in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality department, organized the event after hearing about the policy change from UHS Director David S. Rosenthal ’59 at a May 11 meeting. She said she hoped that the protest would make people aware of the importance of anonymous testing. “I hope that it’s raising awareness,” she said. “UHS is trying to make this a very undercover issue...
...School Committee members also said they hope Young will work to improve special education, as well as address the debate over controlled choice, the district’s method of placing students that attempts to establish socioeconomic diversity in all schools...