Word: mater
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Taming of the Shrew; and Gellar has signed up for Cruel Inventions, an adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons. The WB network's fall schedule will include Felicity, a series about a California girl who rebels against Daddy's wishes that she become a doctor and attend his alma mater. "She arrives in Manhattan on her own dime with everything at stake," explains its creator, J.J. Abrams. "Her bravery and optimism are designed to inspire girls." No one calculates what giving up a career and money may mean for Felicity. That would be too crass...
...without any definitive conclusion to thediscussions--and galvanized by a perceived threatto its independence--Radcliffe women are willingto give their college the benefit of the doubt andrally around their alma mater...
Greeted by both cheers and jeers, Jiang arrived at Cambridge on Halloween after a quick jaunt through Drexel University in Pennsylvania, his son's alma mater, and a tour of Philadelphia's landmarks of liberty...
Radcliffe will do greater harm than good to the female segment of the undergraduate population if it agrees to be only a research institution. Radcliffe alumnae feel more connected to their alma mater than do Harvard women. Radcliffe has served women--has produced content alumnae--in a way Harvard has proved incapable. Based on Harvard's callous attitude toward women, there is no reason to believe the situation will improve...
While the world may need every individual to be moral, the character of Harvard students is especially important in light of the leadership roles so many of us will eventually hold. Our fine alma mater has produced five U.S. Presidents and 28 Nobel laureates, and a quick look through the 25th Reunion Report of the Class of 1973 shows many of Harvard's shining stars. Benazir Bhutto '73 served as Prime Minister of Pakistan, the first woman to hold the position in an Islamic nation. Robert W. Decherd '73, a past president of The Crimson, heads A.H. Belo Corporation...