Word: letters
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...appears at the touch of a button, appropriately marked "Info." The screen contains all sorts of data, mostly photographic mumbo jumbo. But the screen also has a visual representation of that mumbo jumbo, so you can figure out what it means. For instance, as the number next to the letter "F" goes up, the image of the camera's aperture gets tighter. It doesn't take long to sort out, then, that the higher the "f-stop," the more closed the camera's aperture. Beginners will appreciate the fact that the D40 has a knob of preset modes, not just...
...nearly monopolized corporate toy industry. Their first doll, a snaggle-toothed, apron-donning orange blob named Wage who, the story goes, works at a grocery store and lives for chocolate-chip-cookie dough, was born in 2001 not as a pop-culture collectible but as a love letter turned art project...
...occupancy costs. In particular, utility costs skyrocketed by 39 percent after growing by 10 percent last year. “Although it was a year of significant transition in many parts of the University, the financial results remained strong,” said Interim President Derek Bok in a letter preceding the report. But results may not remain as strong in the future, vice president for finance Elizabeth Mora and treasurer James F. Rothenberg cautioned in another letter preceding the report. They expressed doubt about the capacity of future revenue growth to keep pace with inflation. They also expressed concern...
...lack of accountability in teaching quality and financial security for student groups.While the UC must, of course, continue to work with the administration, it relies on too narrow a range of advocacy techniques. There is a place for meeting with deans and writing position papers, but petitions, rallies, letter writing campaigns, and op-eds should also be part of the UC’s advocacy toolkit. Hadfield and Goldenberg’s entrepreneurial approach will equip the UC with tools to match the demands of issues the UC has never before been able to successfully address.While many tickets identify pressing...
...some of the world’s greatest minds, and the University could achieve much by harnessing talent and funneling more resources toward energy research. Nevertheless, with the initiative now on the ballot, we believe Harvard taking action—even if it doesn’t follow the letter of the initiative—is of crucial importance, and in that spirit, we urge students to support the referendum. A “no” vote risks sending the message to the Harvard administration that students are apathetic or even unsupportive of this environmental issue. And this...