Word: outgrowths
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...governing system of Harvard is the outgrowth of a Massachusetts Bay Colony act of September, 1642 that empowered a group of overseers, financed by the bequest of a tuburcular John Harvard, to ensure the "piety, morality and learning" of the students of the College. The act presaged what was to be a significant theme for the first two centuries of the University's history: the strong hold that the state legislature was to carry over Harvard's governing boards, particularly the overseers...
Some now seek a return to more overseer input into governing the University. This push comes largely as an outgrowth of the recent challenge to the Board by pro-divestment candidates who want the body to address larger issues of social responsibility. As the democratic arm of the governance system, they say, the overseers have a responsibility to take a larger role...
...tradition which has included such noted anti-semites as President A. Lawrence Lowell, (1877), Bok is also unusual for his liberal views. This political outlook, which some say has grown tarnished in recent years, was in part an outgrowth of his years at the Law School, where as dean he personally intervened in construction projects to prevent alleged discrimination against Black workers...
Aside from a more confident approach to the jobmarket, Atherton and Leape say that the increasein graduates seeking public service employment isan outgrowth of undergraduates' renewed interestin public service...
...election rules were another outgrowth of the 1984 Bell breakup. At that time, the Justice Department ruled that AT&T would stay in the long-distance business, where it had previously controlled more than 95% of the market, while the seven regional companies, dubbed Baby Bells, managed local telephone service. To whittle down AT&T's market share, the Justice Department determined that consumers should be able to choose their long-distance carrier...