Word: pointedness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Bogert pointed to Harvard Alumni for Social Action (HASA), a group that funnels grads’ donations to needy universities in Africa, as an alternative to giving to the endowment.
But professors and administrators were not the only people at Harvard focused on improving education. The student body too revealed a pointed emphasis on perfecting their own education.
In the U.S., when companies do voluntarily split the CEO and chairman roles, it is frequently in response to poor performance or shareholder pressure - even if the decision is framed as a broader commitment to good corporate governance. In early May, Wachovia, which like many banks has been severely battered...
For nearly half a century, Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 has served valiantly as a U.S. Senator and a leading voice of the Democratic Party. The unexpected news of his cancer diagnosis last week stunned not only those closest to him, but also constituents...
This is nonsense. Blair's parents were not churchgoers. But John Rentoul, Blair's first biographer, pointed out years ago that Blair's faith had been noted by those around him since he was a small child. Blair "rediscovered" his Christianity, he told me, while a student at Oxford in...