Word: reaping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...groups on the 2000 Census. Even the common application for college admissions allows students to check more than one racial box. Multiracial students can breathe sighs of relief at not having to choose one parent over another and not having to superficially base their identities upon which box will reap more benefits. Unfortunately, this relief is short-lived. Once a multiracial student gets to Harvard he finds that he’s been shoved back into one box. Upon registering for classes, at least 22 multiracial students found that Harvard had listed them as single-raced. They all clearly remember...
...always back away from fixing our nation's racial problems. Not fixing the city's levees before Katrina struck will now cost us untold billions. Not resolving the nation's issues of race and class has and will cost us so much more." America, listen to those words or reap the consequences. If the cries of human suffering don't move us, perhaps enlightened self-interest and the bottom line will. Whatever the motivation, we must act now. Nicole Daines Gibeaut Fallbrook, California...
Keeping part of the endowment internally managed is important not just because of savings on management fees. A “hybrid” endowment—one managed both internally and externally—allows Harvard to reap returns from areas that endowments piecemealed out to hedge funds can’t touch. Harvard can also make moral decisions with its internal money, like it did last year when the Harvard Corporation directed HMC to divest from PetroChina. By speaking out against “high” salaries at HMC, members of the Class of 1969 are effectively...
...always back away from fixing our nation's racial problems. Not fixing the city's levees before Katrina struck will now cost us untold billions. Not resolving the nation's issues of race and class has and will cost us so much more." America, listen to those words or reap the consequences. If the cries of human suffering don't move us, perhaps enlightened self-interest and the bottom line will. Whatever the motivation, we must act now. Nicole Daines Gibeaut Fallbrook, California...
...From its strategic perch on the edge of Siem Reap's burgeoning bar scene, the imposing, Art Deco-inspired La Paix formally launches the architectural career of Bill Bensley. The landscape designer behind the much-admired gardens and terraces at the Four Seasons Chiang Mai, Bensley proves that his talents extend to bricks and mortar here, with a massive glass dome that awes on arrival, as well as 107 guestrooms that exude understated chic and come equipped with luxurious rain showers (perfect for washing off any dust accumulated during your rambles through Angkor Wat). Evenings should be spent dining...