Word: prompt
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...Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government (KSG). Staggered over five years and renewable for five more, the $3.75 million gift will be administered by the KSG but will hopefully fund and bring together research on energy policy in disciplines across the university. We hope this donation will prompt Harvard to become the leader in energy research that it can and should...
...emotions: First, the students were given standard psychological questionnaires designed to measure explicit affect and mood. Then they were given assessments of nonconscious mood: in word tests, volunteers were asked to complete fragments such as jo_ or ang_ _ with letters of their choice. Some word stems were intended to prompt either neutral or emotionally positive responses, such as jog or joy; others could be filled in neutrally or negatively - angle versus angry. In a separate word test, students paired a target word such as mouth with its best match: cheek, which is similar in meaning, or smile, which is similar...
...lead, Nyamekye crept into the box and redirected a Matt Hoff flick past the Bear’s keeper for the equalizer in the 83rd minute. Although Harvard ultimately lost in overtime, Nyamekye’s efforts impressed head coach John Kerr enough to prompt the coach to utilize him again as a forward late in the second half against Princeton. Finding itself in a similarly precarious situation, Nyamekye quickly turned a 2-1 Tiger advantage into a 3-2 Crimson win. Coolly collecting the ball on the wing, Nyamekye sent in a stellar cross to sophomore Andre?...
...Then prompt no more the follies you decry, / As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die; / ‘Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence / Of rescu’d Nature, and reviving Sense; / To chase the charms of Sound, the pomp of Show, / For useful Mirth, and salutary Woe / Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, / And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage...
...exhausted enough to agree to a compromise. Khartoum has also come under pressure from China, Sudan's major international trade partner, to bring peace to Darfur - Beijing is mindful that activists have begun linking the killing in Darfur with the Beijing Olympics in the hope that bad publicity will prompt the Chinese to turn the screws on Sudan...