Word: seeded
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...programs serve as forums for professors and students to conduct specialized research. Several of the projects, whose subjects range from negotiaton skills to international financial systems, received donations only in the form of initial "seed money...
...species of floras in the park, lodgepole pine and the duff from its fallen needles and branches provided most of the fuel for the fires. But nature has provided the tree with a way to make a comeback. Some lodgepole pinecones are serotinous: they open and release seeds only when activated by the heat generated by fires. In some areas surveyed by Yellowstone biologists, seed densities from such cone releases measure in the millions per acre. As a result, the ground will soon be thick with pine sprouts...
...line. Only that sociological change will make possible the economic and political reforms that Gorbachev, Deng and other reformers insist are necessary. Thus far, no Communist regime has found a way out of this dilemma. Lenin once said, "Give me four years to teach the children, and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted." His political heirs are finding that it is a difficult task indeed...
Harvard's semifinal opponent, Princeton, played last Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. As the tournament's second seed, the Crimson got a bye into the semifinals. The Tigers nipped the University of Virginia, 6-5, and, according to some Crimson players who saw the contest, looked sharp. Sharper than when Harvard beat them, 6-2, March...
...definitely a different team," Sailor said. "We went into that game thinking we could win, but we were a bit tentative. Since then we've had some big wins [including a victory over the tournament's top seed, Penn State]. We're hoping to show Harvard a different team...