Word: retainers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...incorrect; for example, you well know that the move of HAND into Phillips Brooks House, so that the program could have a permanent location in better communication with the College public service staff, was envisioned long before Dean Kidd's appointment. Your argument against this move--that PBHA should retain isolated and exclusive dominion over this precious space in Harvard Yard because people might not be able to comprehend that two different organizations were in one building--is absurd on its face. But rather than attempting to answer the various individual fallacies in your letter, I will make just...
...President said Brown's greatest challenge is "to recruit and retain excellent faculty," which he called "the most valuable resource." He said that in the last eight years, 72 professors were appointed to endowed and named chairs, 270 new faculty were acquired and $325 million was obtained in research grants...
...attract and retain industry, politicians gave away valuable land, tax abatements, municipal water, road improvements and exemptions from environmental protections. The paper mill smelled like rotten eggs, and the menhaden plant reeked of rotten fish, but the men who worked there would shrug and say, "All I smell...
...deaf ear to the students who petitioned for the tenure of Associate Professor of History Ellen Fitzpatrick; its indignation at the mere suggestion of reforming the Administration's archaic and punitive disciplinary board; its utter disregard of numerous outspoken student, Faculty and community requests that it permit students to retain control of Phillips Brooks House...
Despite the Ivy League's talent, the conference continues to stumble outside its own friendly confines. With Harvard, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania and Princeton all dropping non-conference games last week, the Ivies fell to 32-62 outside league play. Only Harvard and Cornell retain plus. 500 records overall...