Word: prompts
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...endowment had topped $19 billion, outperforming almost all benchmark investment goals as a result of outstanding returns from venture capital investments. In celebration, the University intends to share the news with more than 1,000 overseers, fellows and other prominent alumni. The stunning news should, at the very least, prompt the University to spend more money. Harvard's endowment payout is typically lower than most other colleges and universities. These extraordinary investment returns, coupled with signs of a healthy national economy, supports a more generous endowment spending policy...
...kids by expanding eligibility to families at 133 percent of the poverty level. First, the state had to obtain approval from Washington. It sent its plan within the statutory deadline and received a response from federal officials, who asked the usual large number of questions. But instead of a prompt follow-up, Bush's regulators waited nearly a year to submit a revised version. Another volley of paperwork continued until August 1997, when Congress passed the CHIP program, overtaking the state plan. But even then, Bush took his time to start up CHIP, although the program requires less...
...upset because for now, it's a necessary precaution to respect that," she added. "If it becomes permanent, it would prompt discussion, because it's beneficial for prospective freshmen to see where they eat and that should be allowed," she said...
...police and, if necessary, the military, to suppress opposition activity. Meanwhile, as he massages the election results to his advantage, he is probably savoring the possibility that an opposition boycott of any runnoff election might give him an opportunity to fraudulently reclaim the presidency. Mass protests may even prompt him to declare an emergency and call of any further elections. But his acknowledgement of defeat could also be a prelude to a new survival strategy, in which Milosevic cedes the presidency but uses his majority in the federal parliament and his power base inside Serbia to hamstring a Kostunica government...
...Lucia Lim, a public relations officer for Powered, said the litigation did not prompt the company to change its name...