Word: membership
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...Bernanke left quickly after receiving his gift and was offstage before the seniors could offer him his second gift: an honorary membership in the Class...
...Yard on commencement day would clearly realize that “throng” is a much more appropriate verb to describe the great masses crowding in for the historic ceremony. “Join” is a word more appropriate for the purchase of an online dating membership. When I graduate, I don’t want to merely “join” my classmates; with my brothers and sisters of Harvard and our proud faculty and parents, I want to “throng” to our great jubilee in historic tercentenary theatre...
...released by the Institute of Politics (IOP) this week. The report is a product of an IOP student policy group examining the deficit of women in politics. The researchers found that the states with the lowest percentages of women in their legislative bodies averaged about 10-15 percent female membership, while the states with the highest female representation had closer to 30-35 percent women. “If you think about the view that women bring to the table and the fact that we make up about 50 percent of the population, that gap is quite large...
...famous appearances at student dances that marked his tenure in the University’s top spot.The event featured no prepared remarks from Summers—who said he would leave that to others later in the week. Instead, the former president, before being bestowed with an honorary membership in the Class of 2008 by First Class Marshall Alexander J. Tennant ’08, spoke briefly on the advantages of leaving University housing behind and the tasks ahead of the graduates.Summers, who recently returned from a week in Israel with his wife and step-daughter, recalled attending the 18th...
...There are now 27 countries making up the membership of the Union so the time has come to further review its political and administrative mechanisms. There has been an attempt over the last few years to address the functioning of the institutions. There was an agreement of member governments during the Irish Presidency of Europe on a European Constitution but this failed when it was turned down in a referendum in both The Netherlands and France. Now the campaign is on to have what is termed the Reform Treaty or Lisbon Treaty accepted. The real debate on this treaty, which...