Word: impacting
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...reviewed each of the grants with an eye toward large events or significant purchases that would impact the campus," says Undergraduate Council President Beth A. Stewart...
Averaging from $500 to $1,000, the impact grants are bigger than those offered by the Undergraduate Council, which has been the primary source of funding for most groups...
...move to intensify the ADA's impact, the Federal Government is once again stepping in. Last March, President Bill Clinton created the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, which presented its first report in December. "The report basically says that so much more needs to be done to help people with disabilities in the workplace," says Coelho, vice chair of the task force. The report's recommendations included tax changes to help people with disabilities pay for work-related expenses, a new program with the Small Business Administration to assist those who want to start their...
...families. All experts agree that weighing second-graders down with hours of homework is pointless and probably damaging to their self-esteem and desire to learn. But in reasonable amounts, homework has value for students at all grade levels. "Homework has benefits that go well beyond its immediate direct impact on what's going on in school," says Cooper. Doing homework is important for honing organizational skills, learning how to manage time and developing the ability to learn autonomously...
Conservatives argue that the real impact of a Davis victory would be a crackdown on boys, their rambunctious natures suddenly defined as harassment. They cite the case of Jonathan Prevette, the North Carolina six-year-old suspended last year for kissing a classmate. They may have a point. The challenge facing the Supreme Court is to come up with an answer that would save Jonathan without sacrificing LaShonda...