Word: rejections
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...inseparable part of nature. The disconnect that people feel with the natural world lies underneath their indifference to global warming.” Cizik cited what he called “an illogical syllogism” as the cause of ignorance in the evangelical community. “We reject evolution and so we reject what the scientists say about the climate.” Katherine C. Wilson ’10, a joint concentrator in History and Science and the Comparative Study of Religion who attended the talk, said that discourse between religion and science is significant because...
...equity shift follows reports last month of Harvard attempting to sell $1.5 billion of private equity, only to reject buyers’ offers as too low. The move would have marked one of the largest-ever sales of a private equity portfolio, according to the Wall Street Journal...
Once committed to the program, an acceptor cannot rescind his decision, but those who initially reject the offer will have seven days to reconsider. Employees who take the package will likely have to leave the University by June 30, Peters said, according to the individuals...
Still, even if a GOP guv were to reject federal stimulus money on principle, the legislation may give state legislatures power to take it anyway - a tool even Republicans in the Texas legislature said this week they're ready to use. But it's unlikely to come to that, especially since governors who oppose the stimulus don't lose anything - and gain a free infusion of cash - when the stimulus dollars start rolling...
...Congressional staffers who wrote the legislation reject the criticism, arguing that such projects, and the tax cuts and direct state aid that form the bulk of the bill, are necessary to win votes. "If you're the White House, you have two concerns, just like we do," says the Democratic staffer involved in writing the bill. "I want something that's going to fix the economy and I want something that my chairmen say can pass...