Word: promptly
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Despite all the difficulties associated with going to school in what Alaskans call "the lower 48," the limitations of the Alaskan school system prompt them to travel far from home. The state government has traditionally recognized this necessity by loaning its migrant students approximately $5000 apiece toward each year's tuition, says Anchorage resident Scott Hunt...
...wanted to break down those barriers andmaybe even prompt interdisciplinary work," hesaid...
...secret deliberations by the Pulitzer board inevitably prompt gossipy speculation. Several times in recent years thwarted jurors leaked word that their choices for winners had been overturned. The board, which has absolute authority under the Joseph Pulitzer bequest, responded by resurrecting the rule that jurors should not name a favorite among the three recommended finalists. The 16 board members, who serve up to nine years, now include two women, two blacks (one is the chairman, Roger Wilkins) and an Asian American, a response to past charges that it was an all-white, all-male establishmentarian club. Robert Christopher, secretary...
...College's Committee on Security is considering a recommendation that HUPD purchase a second car for the escort service. A more extensive security system, including improved lighting and prompt police patrols--not just a better escort service--is clearly in order. However, HUPD claims that it doesn't even receive enough money to pay for one more escort car. When the safety and well-being of the student body are at stake, it is hard to believe that the University can't find a little extra in its pocket for campus security...
Burke said prompt consideration was needed "to secure funding for hospitals and to provide funding for some 600,000 individuals across the state who now have no insurance...