Word: nods
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with the construction of the University's two newest buildings, Harvard seems to have outgrown its obsession with flat roofs and concrete, giving the nod to the bourgeois pleasures of red brick, pitched roofs and adorned windows...
...August 1986, he got the nod to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Just last August it was the District of Columbia Appeals Court, a traditional stepping stone to the Supreme Court. And yesterday, he began what should be a successful bid for the highest court. After all, he's had a lot of practice...
...what is journalism anyway? Original insight? No, it's institutionalized plagiarism.6 Reporters pass off others' observations as their own in almost every story they write. Sometimes these observations are preceded by a nod-to-protocol "some say." Sometimes they aren't. Does it really make that much of a difference to the reader...
...During the gulf war, Assad moved closer to Washington and the moderate Arabs by joining the alliance against Iraq. For his efforts, he received major subsidies from Saudi Arabia -- at least $2.5 billion so far -- and a nod of acceptance from the U.S. as he completed his domination of Lebanon and disarmed the rival militias. Whatever threat Lebanon's civil war might have posed to Syrian hegemony is now gone...
...this warm early fall day in the Big Apple, senior Tom Priore got the nod from Coach Joe Restic to start against the Lions. Priore did little to assuage Harvard's offensive worries, completing 2-of-7 passes for 15 yards on the afternoon. The unproductive passing game forced Harvard to run the football, and the Crimson achieved only limited success on the ground...