Word: meres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to a draft agenda, released by pro-divestment Overseer Peter Wood '64 earlier this week, the meeting is divided into three parts: a two-hour "review" of the University's investment policies, a 90 minute "review of the Harvard's educational activities relating to South Africa," and a mere 90-minute "discussion of the above issues with members of the committee...
...consideration of equal importance in life-and-death decisions has to be the patient's quality of life. Will a few more hours, days, or even months of mere existence in either pain or complete unconsciousness really add to the life of the patient or his family? Some may be horrified at this attitude. Some even think that making such judgements is akin to playing God. But we have moved toward God-hood by prolonging life by artificial means--should we therefore stop using respirators, mechanical hearts and lungs, and kidney machines? Advances in medical science have brought with them...
...third period was a mere formality. Vermont forward Kyle McDonough spoiled Devin's shutout with 14 minutes left in the game on a shot from in close...
More significant, it was time for Superman to move on from radio and comics and enter a new medium, time for a mere mortal to impersonate the man of steel on the screen. Kirk Alyn, an agile dancer, began appearing in Saturday serials in 1948, letting his voice drop by an octave each time he reached for his necktie and declared, "This looks like a job for Superman...
...begin with, the numbers are staggering. A mere 7 percent of Harvard tenured faculty are women, and only 25 percent of the junior faculty are women. Despite their sparse representation on the faculty as a whole, women nevertheless bear the brunt of the administrative burden. Women represent 31 percent of departmental head tutors, although they comprise only 14 percent of the faculty eligible for such posts...