Word: insistences
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fact, several Faculty members began to insist on communicating with Crimson reporters over e-mail. One of them was Dean of the College Harry R. NOLOGYLewis...
...much larger problem than the debate over requirements involves the role of the Faculty itself. An undergraduate education will become more valuable only after the Faculty commits itself to teaching basic introductory courses. The dean should insist that these courses be taught and devise an incentive system for professors to teach them. The task force recommended the easy way out by requiring students to take a core curriculum. The more difficult but better recommendation would be to get Faculty members to offer a liberal arts curriculum with courses in many different basic subjects that all students would find attractive...
Many of these small designers insist they aren't dependent on a particular fad--that their labels can jump with the trends they pick up from the streets. Positano's Charles Lapson, one of the hippest designers in Los Angeles, is already looking to stay ahead of the curve, moving toward inside logos and some slimmer fits. But analyst Laurence Leeds, managing director of the Buckingham Research Group, thinks none of these companies will ever be as big as Hilfiger. "Fringe fashion is never volume," says Leeds. "What these companies do well is move fashion forward, but I have doubts...
...first time, pressing banks to roll over their loans and urging a new Korean leader to seize the moment and change the way his country does business. Finally, on a quiet Christmas Eve, while most Americans were happily distracted, the latest plan was announced. Treasury officials insist the timing was a coincidence...
...connection between Seinfeld and the ER negotiations, however, does not end there. As part of a deal, Warner Bros. is likely to demand that NBC replace Seinfeld with another one of its shows. To further complicate matters, Paramount, which produces Frasier, may insist that if that show is moved to Thursday, it must be followed by a new comedy the studio is developing around Nathan Lane, who is currently starring in the film Mouse Hunt. In formulating its post-Seinfeld strategy, NBC will have to take into account all these demands, as well as the other scheduling dilemmas caused...