Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intention is to keep the airline flying," said Eastern spokesperson Art Kent. "That is the point. We have said that, if necessary, assets will be sold to maintain liquidity...
Founding father of the house system President A.L. Lowell made it clear in 1930 that houses selected students, not vice-versa. "The crucial point is the selection of the students for each House," he said in a speech introducing the new system...
...system of masters' choice continued for 30 years, through the late 1950s, by which time the house system had become a Harvard institution. The masters' role, both in selecting residents and directing academic, social and athletic activities, made them a focal point in each house...
Granted, as officials in the University's financial aid office are quick to point out, the immediate effects of the tuition hike will be offset by increases in grants to students. Unfortunately, however, the effects of a 6.5 percent tuition hike are not quite so easy to gauge. A student from a modest-to low-income background may very well be irrevocably dissuaded from applying to Harvard by the news of another large tuition hike...
...think it's part of the whole philosophy of the University at this point to push and move forward as far as possible on issues of public service," Shattuck said...