Word: referred
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...define half our population solely in terms of the other half, as if they were not to be valued independently. The supposedly gender-neutral "person" and "human" are just a slightly hidden examples of the same kind of implicit sexism. Therefore, until a better alternative reveals itself, I shall refer in this letter to those with two X chromosomes as The People Formerly Known As Women...
...country first, then to the Caribbean and finally to large developing nations like Brazil, China and Iran. Thus, Heber provides all Cuban newborns with the hepatitis-B vaccine for free and charges countries like India as little as $2 a shot. But the "special period"--as Cubans euphemistically refer to the economic crisis that followed the Soviet withdrawal--has redrawn these priorities, and Cuba's biotechnicians are entertaining larger ambitions. "We have the technology," declares Julio Delgado, who heads CIGB's industrial-enzyme program. "Now we're looking for partners with money...
...pleased that COCL member Marco B. Simons '97 convinced the Dean to change the wording of the proposal from "the Dean may refer the dispute [to the Administrative Board]" to "the Dean will refer the dispute." At least this way, students are guaranteed an appeal if they feel they have been unfairly placed on medical leave. But we are sorry this provision was not included from the start. Next time, if Lewis is going to create a proposal that affects all students and then bring it before one of the student-faculty committees, we would like to see students...
...Jacqueline Kennedy's bric-a-brac. Jackie belonged to the founding myth of the '60s. Now the saint's relics of Camelot have turned to kitsch. The gavel-banging crassness of the sell-off may help bring Americans to that objectivity and even disillusionment necessary for what grief specialists refer to as "closure...
...asked about the issue of appeals to the Administrative Board, noting that there was nothing requiring the dean to allow an appeal. The language was then changed from "may refer the dispute" to "will refer the dispute...