Word: mason
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...junior faculty] member isn’t entitled to tenure, but a process consistent with Harvard’s rules and regulations,” says Berkowitz, who is now a professor at George Mason University School of Law. “One question worth asking is whether Harvard has struck the right balance between two separate goods in the tenure process: transparency and accountability on the one hand,” he says, “and confidentiality on the other...
...teachers and video games have never been a happy mix. While one side struggles to pull kids off the couch, the other holds them fast. But Kim Mason, a phys-ed director in Rogers, Ark., with 28 years of experience selling kids on the virtues of sweat, did something unlikely last year: she persuaded her public-school district to invest $35,000 in brand-new video-game equipment...
...team was in search of its first win of the fall campaign after starting its season 0-1-1 after a tie at Hartford and 2-1 loss against George Mason. All the while, Beantown bragging rights were up for grabs, making the challenge of the weekend’s tilts all the more demanding for the Crimson...
...this weekend's Hartford Invitational. Chances to score? Plenty. Chances to improve? Even more. The Crimson found itself playing from behind for most of the Labor Day weekend tournament, giving up a first-half goal in a season-opening 1-1 tie with Hartford on Friday, then seeing George Mason strike twice in the second frame of Sunday's 2-1 loss. "We had plenty of opportunities, and we just have to focus on finishing," first-year coach Ray Leone said. "If we can eliminate the kind of mistakes we made early in games, then...
...Lichter, a professor of communications at George Mason University and president of the Center for Media and Public Affairs, traces candidate talk show guest appearances back to the 1988 campaign. At that time, George H.W. Bush's campaign manager Lee Atwater watched Johnny Carson's quips on The Tonight Show to see which candidate jokes got the biggest laughs. "It was 1988 and it was the first time anyone ever thought about political humor having any significance," Lichter explained. "What happened was the political writers started taking note of the comedians and this realm of entertainment became a part...