Word: person
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...Wirth (D-Colo.) said, "He's a very able and impressive person. He's one of the smartest people in Congress...
IMAGINE that Harvard scholarships had no application forms at all, but that tuition reductions were instead handed out, occasionally and randomly, to the person showing up at the right time at Holyoke Center, and that one could pay money to find out when and where one of those bursary times and places would be. That will give you a glimpse into how Cambridge customarily awards to a few winners a coveted rent-reduced apartment...
Since you, the tenant, will be the only person in the world who can buy that rent-controlled apartment (your own home), you have unique bargaining power. Many landlords have indicated to me they would be happy to sell for about half-price (half of what the market price would be, were there no city restrictions...
...later, the outcome of that conservative swing in the pendulum will be reviewed as Harvard's celebrated Core Curriculum undergoes a faculty and administrative review. While not expected to call for broad revision or fundamental change, the assessment will represent Harvard's latest statement on what makes an "educated person...
...future, life-time learning will be more important. The Core is meant to provide you a basic approach toward becoming an educated person," says Rosovsky. "Everyone should have an informed acquaintance and practical appreciation of the major ways to gain knowledge...