Word: obtaining
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...offenders caught serving to minors will likely receive only an informal warning from the tutor, or maybe even an official warning from the house. But the College has warned that repeat offenders can expect worse, and those caught for infractions deemed "truly serious"--like using a fake ID to obtain alcohol--could face the Ad Board and much stiffer penalties...
Instead of arriving at Holyoke Center and waiting for the first available physician, students and Harvard affiliates will now be able to obtain a 15-minute appointment within one day of calling the reception desk, UHS officials said yesterday...
...contention that force was necessary to make the sanctions stick gained credibility last week. According to White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, Iraq was getting round the prohibitions to obtain military materiel as well as supplies used in the production of chemical weapons. Other Administration officials say the countries responsible include Libya, Yemen, Taiwan and South Africa. Yemen had earlier indicated that it would live up to its reluctant promise to abide by the embargo. It did allow one Iraqi tanker to unload at the port of Aden, but in response to international pressure it later refused to allow two others...
Human activities have also disrupted the delicate natural systems that maintain water supplies. To obtain wood and clear land for homes and farms, mankind is chopping down forests at an unprecedented rate. But vegetation traps water, reducing runoff and replenishing groundwater supplies. Throughout the world, tree cutting has led to floods, mud slides and soil erosion during rainy seasons and acute water shortages during dry periods...
...professors says that these financial resources are not always that easy to obtain. "I know of very few funds available for [undergraduate internships]," Jaffe says...