Word: offerred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...also hold a special place in my heart for the Harvard housing system. Take my word as someone who has experienced house life--each house is truly a microcosm of this grand cerebral melting pot we call Harvard. The houses offer students a rich store of perks--ranging from unparalleled advising resources to a bevy of senior common room professors always accessible and eager to engage residents in intellectual discourse...
...percent increase in the Magnet School program, up to $6 million. "Magnet" schools in Boston and Worcester offer specialized programs of study designed to encourage students fleeing the public education system to enroll in inner city schools. Proponents claim that Magnet schools attract students from throughout a school district and help alleviate racial imbalance...
...place of the buyout clause, Sullivan proposed an amendment that would offer Healy a six-month settlement in the event he cannot continue the job. The council defeated the amendment 4-3, with Sullivan, Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55 and Vice-Mayor Alice K. Wolf voting...
...exterior situation that will allow them to resolve their internal problems." Neither can afford the immense military machines they have built. By curtailing the animosity that made such military spending necessary, the two nations can put those resources to better, domestic use. Though they have something to offer each other in bilateral trade, sales of tangible goods may be less important than another exchange: strategies for reform. Says a Chinese analyst: "Beijing needs to push its stalled political reforms and Moscow needs to produce results in economic reform. Both sides are interested in what the other is doing...
...Spotting a lucrative way to diversify, about half the nation's 24,500 optometrists -- specialists who examine eyes and prescribe corrective lenses -- offer some form of eye-improvement therapy, also called vision training. The premise is simple: while eyesight is largely determined by genetics, seeing is an acquired skill, developed through practice, much like walking or swimming. Says Richard Kavner, a New York City optometrist: "The goal is to improve faulty connections between the brain and eye muscle." Common exercises include walking on a balance beam while reading a chart, completing connect-the-dot pictures and touching points in patterns...