Word: opted
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...country allow to be punctured? Already punished by the effects of the 1999 Balkan war and international opprobrium, Serbia is in the middle of an election process that will reveal how much more national identity its citizens are willing to shed as they head into the future. Will they opt for an ultra-nationalist President willing to put up a struggle over Kosovo, the so-called historic heartland of the Serb nation that is now dominated by ethnic Albanians about to declare the province's independence? Or will they opt for a President who will not kick up too much...
USAGE Could the policy ever fly in the U.S.? It might, after all, be a lifeline for the 97,000 waiting for organs. Probably not, says the University of Oklahoma's Dr. Mark Fox. "Since people have the opportunity to opt out, it seems like it's consistent with freedom of choice," Fox says. "But to force someone to say, 'I don't want to be an organ donor' is potentially coercive...
...wider margin among women (especially unmarried women), who vote in New Hampshire in unusually large numbers. And while Obama did better than Clinton among independents, that swing group of voters did not appear to vote in proportions that many expected - and of those, more than expected seemed to opt for McCain. Clinton prevailed amongst registered Democrats, a trend that could be crucial in many states whose upcoming primaries are closed to independents...
...fact that, as this page often moans, “Paper is so 20th century,” which is why I, as part of Harvard College’s Resource Efficiency Program, am helping to implement a pilot project in Winthrop and Currier that allows students to opt out of receiving the paper at their doors daily. The program, which also allows students to opt out of delivery of other student publications and fliers, aims to reduce the use of paper on campus. It is with a heavy heart that I support this program, which is informally called...
...several universities to institute similar reforms, so too could a repudiation of the U.S. News rankings have a ripple effect throughout the country.Thankfully, we wouldn’t be alone. A majority of the member schools in the Annapolis Group, a large coalition of liberal arts colleges, decided to opt out of the rankings this summer. And in September, a conference at Yale sponsored by the non-profit group The Education Conservancy led to the “Beyond Ranking” campaign, an effort by college and university leaders to develop a “robust, nuanced, and educationally...