Word: sectional
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Leopold said that despite the increase in students, HBS will keep the number of sections for the incoming class at 10, with each expanding slightly. Upon entrance, each HBS student is placed into a section of roughly 90 classmates, with whom they attend all their first-year classes...
Still, Sanford Kreisberg, an independent admissions consultant and author of the "HBS Guru" blog, said that he believes the increase signals an intent to add an 11th section soon...
...This increase in class size means they are pretty much committed to another section, if not next year, then when 2+2 arrives," Kreisberg said. "The increase seems intended as a way to get to the next section...
...Perry says that while police costs are already budgeted in an emergency section of the city budget, other expenses like traffic control, sanitation and street services are not. She says she approached the Jackson family for their ideas about paying some of the bills. "I did reach out," she says. "I said, 'Is there any way to direct me to people who can assist, in Michael's memory, in deferring the cost of this event...
...participants from around the world dash through Pamplona's streets trailed by charging bulls. Thousands more watch from safe nooks and balconies along the route, and spectators can also follow the events on national TV. Every morning from July 7 to 14, hordes of daredevils gather in a historic section of the city, many dressed in traditional garb and carrying rolled-up newspapers to swat the bulls if necessary. They sing a traditional homage to St. Fermin, asking him to guide them through the run. After two small rockets are fired, six bulls are released (along with a herd...