Word: membership
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Based on the arguments about downsizing at Harvard, one might think that across the Ivy League, all student governments had "deadweight" to cut from a large membership, but this is not the case. Twenty students represent an undergraduate population of 4,000 on the Columbia College Student Council and fewer than 30 students represent 12,000 undergraduates on the Cornell Student Assembly...
...office as a form of therapy--she thought a resignation would quicken his death--concealing the truth from the world. Half-paralyzed and nearly blind, Wilson became more rigid in a way that would affect history, refusing to compromise in order to gain Senate approval for American membership in his own creation, the League of Nations. Edith Wilson pulled off a masterful charade for the benefit of Congress and the country, becoming in the process what some called the "28th and a half" President. She skillfully arranged an early version of a photo op for a congressional delegation, propping...
...second proposal which would have excluded first-years from SAC membership was also discussed. Both proposals were voted down after three hours of deliberation, according to SAC Vice Chair C.J. Mahoney...
...thought the IOP might be helped if the issue of SAC membership was removed from the first-year associate experience," Moynahan said. "By limiting applications to sophomores and juniors, there would be more time for evaluations and the leadership track would be less front-loaded...
...I.O.C. membership has long been a sweet deal. Its 115 members don't get paid and now must refuse gifts valued in excess of $150. But they are among the most courted humans on the planet, allowed to accept first-class plane tickets, accommodations in five-star hotels and lavish dinners from bidding cities. Salt Lake City may have taken things a step further...