Word: inheritability
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...unclear how long Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles will remain, but Summers will inherit from Rudenstine the task of appointing a replacement for Jerome Murphy, the Dean for the Graduate School of Education...
...Large state schools also inherit local drinking patterns, which schools like Harvard that place an emphasis on geographic diversity...
...Sharon made his reputation as a wild man in his military days, and later as an opposition leader with virtually no experience in managing Israel's complex political and diplomatic situation, both regional and global. But power, particularly when it comes in the diluted form that Sharon will likely inherit, is likely to curb his more aggressive instincts. Still, Sharon is a wily operator, and he plans to try and prove that he's more capable of making peace than Barak. Long-term observers of the region wouldn't be at all surprised if Sharon begins by making some dramatic...
Nine months ago, the geeks were expected to inherit the earth. Now they consider themselves lucky if they remembered to hit CONTROL-S on their PC keyboards before the screen faded. Once the ruling emotion was IPO frenzy; now it's PG&E fear. The Internet itself is pretty well protected, with most websites housed in generator-filled buildings called data centers. The carefree life of dotcommers who run the websites, however...
...would Bush be willing to spook the economy he's about to inherit? For starters, he needs to spread the idea that if things get tight for a while, the problem started before he took office. The last recession occurred during his father's presidency. He doesn't want the next one called Bush 2. But he also hopes to use the prospect of trouble ahead as a rationale for his proposal to cut taxes by $1.6 trillion over the next 10 years. As he said last month, "A tax-relief plan for everybody serves as an insurance policy against...