Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard's foreign sources expand, University officials have subjected the donors and their gifts to the same level of scrutiny as domestic donations. This means screening out donors that might embarrass Harvard, and vetting donors' goals to make sure they fit Harvard's academic aims...
...really psyched to beat a team like Virginia," junior Mike Groves said. "This meet gave us a good chance to prove ourselves on a national level...
...even shrewder judge of the national disposition, Andy Warhol. To the art world Rockwell was an exasperating holdout, the man who didn't care that in the 20th century it was simply uncalled for to paint sweet-tempered vignettes in a representational style at something like a molecular level of detail...
...about to embark on projects, including an airport expansion, that may generate $10 billion in contracts over the next five years. Under the existing program, nearly $4 billion would flow to companies owned by minorities and women. Adopting a local-preferences program would not assure the same level of business for minority firms, he argues, because national companies could easily qualify by setting up Atlanta-based subsidiaries. Campbell says he is prepared to use "any means necessary" to protect the program in its current form--not only in the courts but also by picketing the homes of the Southeastern Legal...
Musharraf: I would like to move toward the substance of democracy and away from the sham democracy we have had. I want a true democracy at the grass-roots level in which people can govern themselves and run their own health programs and road construction. Members of the National Assembly were doling out uncontrolled funds and controlling people's destinies at their whims. I'll change that...