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...reiterated his goal to grow the Faculty to 750 members by the end of the decade, but noted that “we must also remain flexible enough that we can adjust with the ever-changing state of our finances and other resources”—a nod to the sudden slowdown on faculty hiring this year that frustrated and surprised department chairs in August...
...Munich-based architects Niki Szilagyi and Evi Märklstetter, the Mavida [an error occurred while processing this directive] comprises 47 sparse but tasteful rooms, each with open granite showers, private balconies and widescreen views of the Alps. Public areas are appointed in muted tones and the only real nod to traditional Alpine gemütlichkeit is a classy, glass-enclosed fireplace. But if décor isn't a draw, the restorative qualities of the Mavida's indoor swimming pool and spa should prove a near irresistible lure to daytrippers and holidaymakers flocking to the area for its year...
...culture where some of our most esteemed scholars and writers fall prey to the sloppy writing, editing, and fact-checking that leads to such mistakes, and where the University seems to tolerate rather than censure such behavior with a wink and a nod, how can we expect more from our students...
...seen the trailer for “Hard Candy,” rest assured, the actual film is just as intense and creepy. Two very, shall we say, “unique” people find each other over the internet—with the aliases Lensman319 and Thonggrrrrl14, nods to his profession and her age (gross)—and decide to meet in person. However, this is in no way “You’ve Got Mail” with a pedophiliac twist. This is one superb film by all accounts that you won?...
...mattered not that India, which once had bowed to Victoria as Empress, would merely nod to Elizabeth as its "first citizen"; that many of her black subjects in Africa were screaming "Death to all white men" in a riot of restless revolt; that many of her white subjects on the same continent were talking openly of a South African republic under Prime Minister Daniel Malan...