Word: impetuses
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...major reversal of statements made by officials in February, the College announced that unlimited summer storage for undergraduates would continue. The impetus for maintaining the policy was a report compiled by the Under-graduate. Council which catalogued several places through the University where students' belongings could be stored...
...final impetus for change has been the realization that Harvard itself could profit, both from the new case provided by developing nations and from constructive criticisms of the exported methods...
Welty was asked to discuss her own beginnings as a writer in the lectures, Donald said, because although she is best known for her works of fiction, the selection committee felt that listeners would enjoy hearing her describe her own literary impetus most...
...Committee also provided the impetus for the first introductory, interdisciplinary course in Women's Studies, General Education 100, taught by a team of faculty members in the fall term last year and again this spring (59 women and men are enrolled this year). This course was specially designed to help students both learn about new materials available for the study of women within specific disciplines and understand the new questions, concepts and approaches which are being developed and refined within Women's Studies to broaden and revise traditional disciplines. Students in the course can then pursue their studies in departmental...
...real impetus to the arms contest, according to the author, came in the post-war settlements. In contrast to Americans who believed that the newly developed and used atomic bomb had little leverage in U.S. foreign policy, the Soviets viewed the mighty weapon as the Allies' means to extract concessions from Stalin. Thus began the familiar pattern of Soviet attempts to match Western technological and military breakthroughs...