Word: priore
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...groups that were more than 50 percent black or Asian, according to a survey released by the Committee on House Life. Some minority students again say that they fear this change may be particularly hurtful to them. Not only have they lost the House-based ethnic groups that existed prior to randomization, but now, students say, they no longer have the ability to block together in large groups...
...Grogan has an extensive background in community organizing. Prior to coming to Harvard, he worked for a decade as the president and chief executive officer of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, a national non-profit organization dedicated to community development. Before that, he spent 13 years working in Boston city government...
...Thomas A. Dingman '67, associate dean of the College for human resources and the House system, says that he once supported a switch to the Yale system because prior to randomization, students also had to worry about which House to choose...
...freshman English at Smith, she had to get an A in senior English at Radcliffe. If she got a B, the grade would be bumped down to C. If she did as well at Radcliffe as she had done at Smith, then her grades would be moved back up prior to graduation...
...accept that millions of people betting with their wallets collectively know best, there is little cause for panic. The markets are signaling thumbs up. Stocks took the news of higher rates in stride, rallying in the days prior to the rate boost and again on Tuesday, when the announcement came. Bank and other financial stocks--highly vulnerable to rising rates--were among the strongest, suggesting that investors may sense an end to the Fed's campaign...