Word: semi
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...College would not be well-served by the creation of semi-permanent adjunct faculty ranks, nor would the academic careers of individuals appointed as teaching assistants be advanced by long-term employment in this category,” Casey wrote in an e-mail.Watson’s re-appointment, he added, was an “exceptional action...
While purporting to shift the focus away from the disciplines, the committee ends up, semi-randomly, just privileging some disciplines over others. Issuing this kind of broad, institutional judgment against certain classes and disciplines will not only leave many students bereft of excellent classes, but will also discourage them from enrolling in departments whose classes are not deemed “21st century,” “global,” or “relevant...
Barreira said on Friday afternoon that he had received about 40 messages from students asking if his e-mail was a prank pulled the night before the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, door-dropped its latest issue...
Cohousing, which debuted in Denmark in the 1970s, is a semi-communal concept in which separate living units--usually attached condo-style--are clustered around a "common house," which, at the very least, has a kitchen, a dining room and a third area for gatherings and activities. The idea is to bring back a time when neighbors were an integral part of one another's lives, sharing meals and recreation--and providing companionship and a helping hand. That concept has been co-opted recently by older people looking for a way to combine their autonomy with access to a supportive...
...current musical talent. The concert began with two traditional Jewish songs that had a large presence in Bernstein’s youth in Boston. The first song featured Harvard’s Bernstein Festival Singers in the fore, singing Hebrew in unison; they then assembled into a semi-circle around the piano for the second song. The program continued with Nora I. Bartosik ’08 performing Aaron Copland’s “Piano Variations”—a piece that Bernstein is said to have played for composer Aaron Copland at their first meeting...