Word: knocks
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There may be some in the department who would prefer to scrap the sophomore tutorial altogether and substitute some sort of additional distributional requirement in its place—a move akin to the History department’s decision to knock off the History 10a requirement. Certainly such a move would please faculty who view teaching Gob 97b—or nearly any course that does not closely align with a particular research interest—as a “service” task. We urge the government department not to submit to this temptation...
...Korea's most prominent tycoons sent tremors through the boardrooms of the country's chaebol, the powerful, family-run conglomerates that have periodically been targeted by government prosecutors over allegations of self-dealing and influence peddling. Chung has admitted no wrongdoing, but his arrest looks likely to knock Hyundai's international expansion plans off course. The investigation into Hyundai has already delayed the construction of an auto plant in the Czech Republic, and Kia postponed the groundbreaking for a factory...
...example - officials see glimmers of hope. "If nothing else, these are 150 kids who are getting attention and staying off the streets," Genestier says. "The street is where we're losing our youth today." Borloo himself identifies the mean streets - and meaner projects - as sources of unrest. One solution: knock down some of those dehumanizing tower blocks. The whole of central Epinay would be a candidate for this treatment; a patchwork of massive concrete blocks, it is instantly intimidating and crushingly ugly. And the center of Epinay isn't the worst; at the town's western end lies Orgemont, whose...
...someone says I want a car on stage, for a second you freeze, but then you start thinking of how you can make that happen,” he said, referring to a situation he encountered while producing “Knock,” a French comedy...
...wide social events, like sports events, barbeques by the Charles, and special student-faculty functions, which would be attended by each dorm’s cohort of fellows and freshmen. The goal is the creation of community on three levels—within dormitories, so that freshmen could imaginably knock on someone’s dorm outside their entryway when they need help the night before Ec 10 problem sets are due; within entryways, so that the little crises that define the freshman experience can be dealt with by proctors and present upperclassmen before they become major issues; and within...