Word: master
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...Harambee, Nueva Generacion and the Women's Caucus are all interested in faculty diversity," said Cynthia D. Johnson '96, a second-year master's student and a committee member, explaining why this search appeals to so many student groups in ways that other searches have...
...action. Likewise, pundits who usually enthusiastically support affirmative action shied away from this case. New York Times Columnist Bob Herbert labeled Piscataway v. Taxman "the wrong case." Herbert argued that the case was unrepresentative of affirmative action, contending that Williams was better qualified, independent of race: Williams has a master's degree in business education, whereas Taxman boasts no advanced degree. Yet, while it may be true that Piscataway could have avoided affirmative action, the fact remains that the school district did utilize racial preferences...
After Morrison's remarks, Marjorie L. North, a member of the faculty of the Speech Department at Boston's Northeastern University and co-master of Quincy House discussed speaking in the classroom...
When a cherished ballerina leaves the stage, it's a poignant, deeply emotional moment. During Merrill's final performance, the lilt and tilt of her leaps, her supercharged energy and attack revealed the athleticism, the Americanness that has typified her dancing. She first captured master choreographer George Balanchine's interest because she could do almost anything he asked, and, of course, he asked the impossible. Merrill worked long and hard to become so perfect. I remember watching her at the School of American Ballet when she was still a child, and she delighted me with her pure, lovely line...
Then how on earth can the master of comedy be upstaged by slimy green goo? Yes, yes, it sounds ridiculous, but that's exactly the case in Disney's Flubber, an update of The Absent-Minded Professor (1961). It is Williams this time who stands agape as the Jello-like "flubber" flies, morphs, and dances its way all over the screen. The underwritten characters cannot survive the assault of the translucent slime. Indeed, special effects save the movie--the glorious jello is the only thing in Flubber that makes any type of impression...