Word: percents
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...current Harvard University policy states that "no more than 20 [percent] of one's total professional effort may be directed to outside work," according to a faculty handbook on research and professional activities...
...certainly possible that one reason for a University-wide review is the different interpretation of what 20 percent might mean," Schauer says, adding that the Kennedy School has a very strict interpretation...
...interpret it very narrowly. Our policy is one day a week. [It} is based on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' 20 percent policy, but we define that as a rigid one eight-hour day a week," Schauer says...
Sometimes, even budget talks can be exciting. On Wednesday, one sticking point in a last-minute standoff was resolved when President Clinton accepted an across-the-board spending cut of .38 percent. House Republicans, stung by the widely-held belief that they've given ground on nearly every big budget issue - and that Bill Clinton is once again being declared the victor - were holding out for an across-the-board spending cut of .42 percent, or about $1.5 billion. And since he recently rejected a more substantial one-percent cut, it was unclear whether President Clinton would be willing...
Skating over the North Pole just got a little more dangerous. Scientists have found that the sheet of ice covering earth's northernmost area has become forty percent thinner over the past four decades -- possibly the result of global warming. But don't head for the mountains just yet. Since the melting came from ice already in the ocean, global water levels will remain roughly the same. While the melting has been linked to changing wind patterns around the Arctic, researchers aren't sure whether this is a direct result of global warming. Still, the news does reflect several possibly...