Word: tend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...company's different businesses flow at separate paces. Harvard's stock holdings tend to turn over at the rate of about 25 percent a year, while bond holdings rotate as many as four times in a given 12-month period. Down on the fourth floor, Harvard's trust and gift department, headed by Assistant Treasurer Henry J. Ameral, deals with the 10 or 12 real estate-oriented gifts that come in each month, like individual houses, plots of land or shares in a building. Almost all of it gets appraised and sold. The private placement department, which handles Harvard...
Calkins' involvement in the investment issue reflects a somewhat informal arrangement within the Corporation. Although not strictly defined, the members do tend to have "spheres of influence," areas in which they have particular expertise. Calkins is the authority on investment policy. Stone is best known for his fundraising ability--he serves as chairman of Harvard's ongoing $350 million Campaign and says it is one of the most important things he does on the board. The Campaign is raising money for Harvard's fundamental programs, teaching and research, as well as such affiliated areas as housing. Stone says, "You have...
Gilligan's research reveals that while men tend to make decisions based on concern for rules, justice and individual rights, women's moral decisions more often are relative to the situation and place a greater emphasis on an ethic of care and on the preservation of relationships...
...drug because she thinks he might be able to solve his dilemma by negotiating with the druggist. She has trouble understanding the druggist's refusal to provide the drug free of charge, his lack of care and concern. Gilligan argues that this difference of approach reveals that women tend to focus on care and on the relationships in a particular situation rather than on principles of justice or fairness...
Philosophers around the country agreed with Bok that while it is important for professional schools to offer ethics courses, most tend to be taught haphazardly...