Word: ruining
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...renewable energy, 2006 was the year corporations began acting as if their existence--like the rest of the planet's--was tied to the environment. While Washington dithers, Wall Street is acting, driven by rising fuel prices that punish inefficiency and by the growing realization that climate change could ruin corporate leaders who continue to deny...
...preliminary report of the Task Force on General Education becomes increasingly urgent, professors’ resistance to another prolonged debate over the issue of evaluations is understandable. But at the least, some professor should have opened the legislation to question to see if the critics of mandatory evaluations would ruin another faculty meeting with their renegade feelings...
...rough at an underachieving school. Instead, it will make the difference when the admissions office is considering two students of the former type: one whose parents went to Yale and one whose parents went to Harvard. In these cases, giving the spot to the legacy does not ruin a conception of meritocracy in admissions...
...situation.“I don’t think Kyle played a bad game, it’s not his fault at all,” Reese said. “I just think they want to keep him confident for the future. No reason to ruin a guy’s confidence.”Forced to play catch-up hockey, the Crimson squandered six additional man-advantage opportunities in the final two periods. In each case, Harvard managed few quality shots, launching just two in two third-period power plays, and could mount only sporadic pressure...
...questions, and has challenged Iran to do a lot more to reassure the world over its intentions, the IAEA says it has found no evidence that Tehran actually has a nuclear weapons program. So Moscow and Beijing are pushing back against the sanctions option and warning that it could ruin prospects for a negotiated solution...