Word: presentation
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...Andres, the chef and star of a TV show on Spanish food - and another disciple of Adria's well loved in the restaurant world - came to the rescue. He very diplomatically got the kitchen to drop a few dishes from the repast, and soon the staff came out to present their own copies of Adria's books for his signature...
...Many Democrats are frustrated, feeling as though they have already given in on many major points to the GOP. Pelosi, for her part, was dead set against using the green fund for bridge loans, with her aides arguing that it forced the companies to choose between their present and their future. Having conceded that point, the Speaker was rankled that the Senate version requires the Big Three to meet only federal fuel-efficiency standards and not stricter regulations like those in her native California. Her bill requires the Big Three to meet all "applicable" standards, which would include state ones...
...street but would leave the official designation as Plympton St. “The compromise of not renaming but creating an honorific sign system is a good one,” said councillor Henrietta Davis. “It allows us to keep the past in the present and to honor people of later generations as well.” But councillor David P. Maher said the council needed to examine this proposal more closely with the Cambridge Historical Commission and the local postmaster. For much of the meeting, public speakers—who included several of Halberstam?...
...yesterday’s meeting to comment on the status of the Strategic Infrastructure Fund—a 0.5 percent annual levy on the endowment that has traditionally funded Allston development—University President Drew G. Faust suggested that the money could be put towards other projects in present circumstances...
...Memorial Hall to give her first address at commencement, the University’s most symbolically significant ceremony of the year. The historian chose in this historical moment not to make an abstract address about the location of Harvard and its students in the world, but instead to present a political case for the tax-exempt status of the endowment. It was, all told, an eloquent and well-argued speech, drawing a clever equivalence between the strength of our ledger books and the munificence of our deeds. But in choosing to dedicate her speech to warding off the specter...