Word: informant
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...journalist is ever satisfied with the level of access and information provided to him or her, and indeed, during our three years as Crimson reporters covering the Harvard administration, we were often frustrated by the pervasive “no comment” and the thoroughly scripted party line. At the same time, we understood that this frustration came with the territory of our job: to inform and involve the wider community in decisions which officials might prefer be conducted behind closed doors...
...point a postal worker, stopping on his route to vote, asks why the campaigns are out so early and in such cold. The volunteers inform him that they are just “dedicated...
...would like to correct an erroneous attribution to me in Friday’s Crimson (News, “Navigating the Caregivers,” Jan. 16). I did not, as stated there, “disagree[s] with [Provost] Hyman,” as the interviewer did not inform me of the Provost’s perspective or apprise me of his remarks with which I could either agree or disagree. In fact, the provost and I are in broad agreement, including sharing the goal of providing the best-available treatments of mental disorders and the most appropriate services...
...WOULD IT WORK? Illegal migrants could apply for a temporary permit that would allow them to work legally for up to three years. To get a permit, the worker would need a sponsor. Holiday Inn, say, would join with its cleaning woman to inform the government, and in return the employee would get legal status for three years and all the rights accorded American workers, such as a minimum wage and more stringent health and safety standards...
...practically the same leaf. Science doesn't produce many moments like this: good luck coinciding with great research had proved that the same virus that was in those wild animal markets had somehow infected a human being. The data was so compelling that the committee resolved that afternoon to inform the governor of Guangdong and recommend a culling of civet cats...