Word: missions
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...concerted effort to appeal to the student body at large. By all outward appearances, the Seneca is an organization whose sole purpose is to further the social and networking opportunities for all undergraduate women. Named after the famous 1848 women's convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., the club's mission statement states that they wish "to provide members with a network of women that fosters a strong sense of community and support--an outlet to share experiences and enjoy themselves in a non-competitive environment." Members "will comprise a diverse, dynamic and enthusiastic group chosen from an open application process...
Gore deserves credit for holding and pursuing his convictions, even if he can't always express what they are in a way people can understand. To critics whose ideas of national mission were shaped by the life-or-death struggle against communism, he makes the new age sound, well, New Age. "The Administration's humanitarian impulse is not well disciplined by a strong sense of national priorities," complains Harvey Sicherman, president of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a conservative think tank. That could leave Americans confused as to why we get into conflicts and what constitutes success. Gore pushed hard...
With Rubin's resignation and Summers' ascension, the question arises: To what extent did Rubin's personal strengths make possible the enlarging of the Treasury Secretary's mission? The former Goldman Sachs partner spent years as head of the firm's arbitrage desk, a position in which he had to make billion-dollar bets based on inadequate information, the kind of predicament that he says often confronts public officials. To him, the decision-making process should focus on probabilities rather than the absolute nature of any choice. "It's not that results don't matter," he says. "But judging solely...
...last time the U.S. mistakenly bombed a foreign mission was in 1986 in Tripoli, as an Air Force F-111 screamed over the darkened Libyan capital. The fiery bomb blasts of another F-111 just ahead forced the second plane's crew off its attack path and sent three 2,000-lb. bombs into the French embassy. When the U.S. bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade on May 7, there once again were two pilots aboard a single plane. It was a B-2 this time. Once again, a trio of 2,000-pounders went astray. But this time...
According to the policy, storing material that is "inappropriate, obscene, bigoted or abusive" on University computers is prohibited. The policy also limits computer use to activities "related to the School's mission of education, research and public service...