Word: priore
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...post as secretary of the Ad Board—the College’s disciplinary body—overseeing the Board’s work and managing its practices. The former resident dean of Lowell House is also a lecturer in the department of near eastern languages and civilizations. Prior to his Harvard career—which has involved earning three advanced degrees at the University—Ellison served as an Emergency Medical Technician for a year and a police officer for four years in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Ellison could not be reached for comment. —Staff...
...National Environmental Trust, Philip Clapp fought for legislation to combat global warming. He even once called into question Vice President Al Gore's commitment to the environment because of the White House's "failure to provide any leadership on the clean-air standards and on climate changes." Prior to his time with the Trust, Clapp worked on the U.S. House Budget Committee's environmental task force, where he tried, to no avail, to get the U.S. to ratify the Kyoto treaty. It has since been adopted by most developed nations...
...Working closely with scientists from area institutions MIT, Boston University, Tufts, and Brandeis, Harvard saw construction of several key ATLAS parts—some as large as 72 feet across—at the spacious Oxford Street site of what, prior to its closing in 2002, was the University’s own particle accelerator. Finished pieces were then mailed overseas for assembly...
...Palin would not acknowledge a need for "education" prior to ascending to the second highest office in the land. Her smirking, contemptuous dismissal of community service at the Republican National Convention; a litany of falsehoods including the claim to have said "no thanks" to the Ketchikan "bridge to nowhere" and discrepancies in her assertions on the investigation into abuse of power during her tenure as governor; her campaign's unprecedented demand for "deference" from a free press before answering questions - all paint a portrait of a woman who believes she has it all figured out. Scott Kenyon, Vienna...
...Prior to passage of the health care law in 2006, the Health Alliance was reimbursed by the state for the full cost of providing uncompensated services. But the hospital system is now only receiving 60 to 70 cents for each dollar of medical service provided, according to chief financial officer Gordon H. Boudrow...