Word: steers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like Spence, who announced his departure at the end of March, Bok citedthe need for continuity of leadership throughoutthe campaign, saying that "fresh energy" would beneeded to steer the University into the nextdecade...
Harvard has a responsibility to end its direct involvement and support of discriminatory institutions, but that responsibility does not extend to limiting students' right of free association. The Faculty Council should steer a decisive course on Wednesday--end direct contact with ROTC, but continue to accept ROTC funds...
...become an annual ritual on the tranquil lakes of northern Wisconsin. As the sun sets behind the dense pines that surround Lake Nokomis, tribal drumbeats signal the start of the Chippewa spearfishing season. While the Indians steer their boats into the calm, dark waters, angry protesters try to drown out the drums with air horns, whistles and taunting choruses of songs with such lyrics as "Where have all the walleye gone...
Nixon prefers to steer the conversation toward foreign, rather than domestic, policy, and his office reflects his passion for international affairs. His work space is decorated with photographs from his travels abroad and gifts bestowed by world leaders on him and his family after he left office. Since then, Stacks has interviewed Nixon two times, Talbott four. With each encounter, they have discovered a man in close touch with the political scene. "He sees the world as a kind of interlocking device," says Stacks. "He is fully back on his game." At 77, Nixon is also in good health...
Even among the most sophisticated players, manipulation can be a dirty word. Take the case of William DeJohn and Jay Winsten. As officials of Harvard University's Center for Health Communication, they recommended mass-media campaigns to steer youths away from drug abuse. But they ran into trouble when the New York Times described their two-year study -- which advocated staged news events and the distribution of video press releases to be aired on TV news programs -- as "the manipulation of print and broadcast news." A TV network executive contacted by the reporter denounced the scheme, and center director Winsten...