Word: smalls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Compared to previous years, a small number of women ran for council positions this year, and Redmond said she thinks the structure and reputation of the council may be off-putting to prospective female members...
Brown said she hopes that the Women's Caucus will ensure that issues like the Radcliffe changeover, responsibility for women's safety, concerns about sexual assault and increasing the number of senior female faculty members will be addressed by the council despite the small number of women on the council itself...
...American build-up really necessary? The White House thinks so, arguing that the ABMs will counter emerging threats from North Korea and China, countries that do not have an extensive nuclear arsenal but will within a few years have the capacity to deliver a small number of warheads to targets in the U.S. Republicans, reading this as Son of Star Wars, enthusiastically agree. On the other hand, the bang for the buck may be very small - the greater nuclear threat may come not from missiles but in small packages hand-delivered by terrorists - compared to the potential dangers that accompany...
...allowing some people to pay by plastic would have deleterious effects on the entire student population, Strauss says. Because credit card companies charge a nominal percentage fee on every purchase, Harvard would lose a small portion of each student's tuition paid by credit, thereby forcing the College to impose a flat fee across the entire undergraduate population to recoup the losses...
...when birds carrying seeds cause cross-pollenation. In fact, says Bjerklie, the commotion in Europe "is as much over economic concerns as it is about health risks" ? GM critics there have voiced concerns that the modifications give unfair advantages to large farmers who can afford the new seeds over small-scale and organic farmers. That's not likely to be so much of an issue in the United States, but don't expect the arguments over GM to die any time soon...