Word: scopes
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Another way to understand the scope of property acquisitions made in 1986 is to realize that as of last June, the accrued purchase price of Harvard's commercial and residential properties in Cambridge was $40 million. That figure represents what the University originally paid for its nonacademic properties, says Harvard's Financial Vice President Thomas O'Brien...
...Basra at around 8 p.m. Heading southeast along Saudi Arabia's coast as Iraqi planes often do, the Mirage flew much closer to Bahrain than was normal. Suddenly, the fighter jerked into a sharp left turn, heading east. The Iraqi pilot apparently had spotted a target on his scope...
...department is also growing in both size and scope. While the department is currently searching for specialists in the field of visual art, DuBois Professor of History and of Afro-American Studies Nathan Huggins, who came to Harvard in 1980, stresses the irreduceable importance of history and literature in Afro-American studies, both of which the department offers several courses...
...Roger Tory Peterson's classic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America, first published in 1934, has topped 3.5 million in sales. Birders account for most of the $14 billion spent annually on the appreciation of wildlife. That includes binoculars, spotting scopes, cameras, records and tapes of bird sounds, computerized software for keeping bird lists, and bird tours that reach any corner of the world, from Siberia and Mongolia (23 days, $3,595 from Wings, Inc.) to Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion (25 days, $3,775 from Field Guides Inc.). Though some birders regard their hobby...
...detailing the elaborate private network that was set up by Oliver North to funnel arms to the contras and initiate the failed weapons-for-hostages deals with Iran, Secord painted a picture that was far more horrifying than he seemed to realize. It showed the scope of the Administration's deceit in circumventing the congressional ban on military aid to the contras and the depths of its hypocrisy in violating the Government's proclaimed policy against dealing with terrorists. Secord also showed, again with little awareness of its significance, how dangerous it can be when the Government seeks to avoid...