Word: pools
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Lewis said the pool of potential masters wasparticularly dynamic. "There was a very stronggroup of candidates, which I think is a goodthing," he said. "I have a very strong sense thatwell-respected senior Faculty...are looking foropportunities like this for engagement" withstudents...
Harvard has an extremely restricted pool of candidates from which it must hire if it is to maintain its level of excellence. In addressing the issue of faculty diversity, one must consider the issue of race at every level in our academic system, including the time required to get a Ph.D. and establish oneself as one of the most highly regarded authorities in one's field. I don't deny that faculty diversity is a problem, but it's certainly not simply a matter of changing hiring practices...
...women are trading flirtations in one corner, a bunch of middle-aged men sit at the other end of the counter watching a Morgan Freeman movie I can't identify, and a couple of younger guys with thick Boston accents are talking their way through a game of pool...
Field Farm--This unusual B&B more closelyresembles a Frank Lloyd Wright creation than atypical Berkshire abode. Its sprawling geometricshape spans the 296-acre privately owned grounds,complete with pond, pool, tennis courts and skitrails. Formerly owned by an art collector, thisunique modern estate is a different twist on thetraditional...
...luxury. And they are booming: there are some 15,000 discos in the U.S. today, v. 3,000 only two years ago. Many of the night places are for members only, with fees and dues ranging as high as $1,000 a year. Many have good restaurants and pool, pinball and backgammon rooms. In many, the furnishings can best be described as haut kitsch: kaleidoscopic lighting, silver vinyl banquettes, tented nooks, twinkly Italian lights, jungles of synthetic plants, Plexiglas floors. Not a few, however, are decorated in notably good taste; and some seem to have been designed by the people...