Word: michigan
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...become standard in presidential searches of elite institutions as university leaders, facing pressure from trustees and other groups at home, are compelled to demonstrate loyalty to their current schools. In his unusually public flirtation with Harvard in 2001, presidential runner-up Lee C. Bollinger risked alienating the University of Michigan, where he was president at the time. The search committee placed itself in a difficult position by seeking candidates with academic administrative experience—a prerequisite according to professors and administrators alike—and then attempting to lure those leaders away from their current institutions...
...That was one of the major recommendations made," Dr. Patricia Santy, a Michigan psychiatrist and former NASA flight surgeon on the Challenger mission, told TIME. "NASA was not interested and felt that the general flight surgeon would be able to identify problems on the annual physical exam." The agency relies on the doctors and other health professionals to do the annual physical to pick up on any possible psychological problems, NASA spokesman Lynnette Madison said. If they spot a problem, the astronaut would be referred to the Johnson Space Center Behavioral Health and Performance Center...
...spring tennis season opened with two stiff challenges on the road for the Harvard men’s tennis team. The 75th-ranked Crimson could not muster enough horsepower out of the gates to surmount Michigan State or No. 24 Michigan, barely losing on Saturday to the Wolverines, 5-2, and dropping a 4-3 decision to the Spartans on Friday.Harvard’s unusual academic schedule placed the Crimson in the unenviable position of opening the season against teams with much more recent experience.“It looked like the Harvard hockey team at the Beanpot after...
...products made in China I am supporting that country's political nonintervention policies in areas like Darfur and helping perpetuate a disgusting lack of regard for the value of human life and freedom. From now on, I am going to focus on buying American-made products. Janet Thurston Brighton, Michigan...
...Some commentators have pointed out that more Americans have died fighting in Iraq than during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11. They forget that more Americans died on the beaches of Normandy in an hour on D-day than in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Barb Yagley Troy, Michigan...