Word: summing
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...department regard this archive as a luxury, of little relevance to the teaching and research of the Department and the Museum. The Photo-Archive account is responsible for more than 70 percent of the deficit of the Museum according to the Advisory Committee's report, a sum now just over 1 million dollars. This is intolerable in the view of the administration of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In response to the administration, the Advisory Committee has proposed that the Museum continue its important work of exploration, teaching, and research, and continue its program of public exhibits, but curtail...
...just 2.9% of the country's population, Asians have produced outstanding success stories: cellist Yo-Yo Ma and violinist Midori; writers Amy Tan (The Joy Luck Club) and Maxine Hong Kingston (China Men); Sonny Mehta, editor of the distinguished Knopf book- publishing house; and filmmaker Wayne Wang (Dim Sum). Consider also: Chang- Lin Tien, the chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley; Paul Terasaki, a UCLA professor of surgery who developed tissue typing for organ transplants; and Vinod Khosla, one of the founding partners of the computer- workstation manufacturer Sun Microsystems...
Pearl Jam sets out to evoke and manipulate the emotional responses of its listeners with remarkable success. Unlike many groups which rely on a lead singer or blazing guitar solos to carry it along, every member of Pearl Jam blends their talents to become something more than the sum of the parts. In the process, they create a lush musical tapestry...
...some businesses have not fared as well as others. "Life's a Grind," run by Sergio Torres, is not only the stand's name, but seems to sum up the feelings of the merchant as well...
...single question it raises that cannot be seen in a dozen different ways, and few that do not involve deciding that someone may die sooner than if the treatment had been given. To accept the need for rationing involves a certain pessimism -- the embracing of a zero-sum system where the only way to pay for one thing is to drop another. The pragmatic wonk in Clinton might want to wrestle with it; but the optimist in him, and his political instincts, will ensure that he will try to to keep it from becoming a focus of debate. He will...