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Word: listenability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard should take pains to listen to Allston residents, especially this early in the planning process. University expansion has always been a contentious issue, and there is probably no way that Harvard can make everyone in Allston happy. However, if residents have a say from the beginning, the likelihood that a mutually beneficial plan can be worked out will be much greater. Harvard is going to have to sell whatever plan it eventually comes up with to the Boston Redevelopment Authority anyway. The sooner the University starts bringing residents into the planning process the more likely it is to have...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, A NEW CAMPUS ACROSS THE RIVER IS A GOOD IDEA, IF RESIDENTS WILL SUPPOR | Title: Expansion in Allston | 9/15/1999 | See Source »

...McCain & Co. to try an old-time tactic from the civil rights days ? actually making McConnell filibuster himself hoarse in the name of the fat wallets. He?d probably just read the Bible, but it?d make some gripping C-SPAN ? and maybe the voters would finally start to listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Finance: McCain's Up Again | 9/15/1999 | See Source »

...leaders in the hope that they will use the power of the pulpit to get out the word about AIDS. Let's hope the tactic works. At this critical moment in the AIDS epidemic, what happens next will depend largely on how well we educate--and how well people listen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Misjudged Threat | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

Kudos to Ferguson for an entertaining look at the latest political gimmick, listening. Politicians have no shame when it comes to manipulating the American voter. One wonders if any of the trusting people who raise concerns for the consideration of politicians expect anything more than lip service. The time for politicians to listen is after they have been elected, not before. PERRY NICHOLS Brewster, Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 13, 1999 | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

...stage fright. "Adolescents have a sense that they're onstage and everyone's looking at them," says Harriet Lenk, professor of child development at the Bank Street Graduate School of Education. Feeling conspicuous whenever he leaves the home portal can fill a youngster with dread. How can parents help? "Listen to the concerns, talk about what they themselves do when they feel anxious and discuss the child's options," advises Lenk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Parting with Less Sorrow | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

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