Word: term
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...application wastes no time making clear that your swipe cards will not work in Houses if you are not approved for J-Term. So if you're hoping to crash with your more J-Term eligible roommate, you'll have to live with the inconvenience of calling them every time you need...
...August that any proposal to increase shareholders’ influence on board member selection needs to be more restrictive. They wrote that speculators and raiders—the kind epitomized by “Wall Street’s” Gordon Gekko—have little long-term interest in a given company and may sacrifice long-term viability for short-term profits...
Companies have long resisted stockholder influence over corporate board membership, arguing that most investors seek short-term gain and have little interest in preserving the company’s long-term profitability, said signatory Joseph L. Bower ’59, a professor at the Business School...
...contemplates running for a third term next year, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe must first get over the swine flu, which he was diagnosed with over the weekend. But he has another thing to worry about besides his health: his impressive record on national security appears to be fraying...
Thus as the May 2010 presidential election approaches, Uribe is focused on changing the Constitution so he can run for a third term while the other candidates are vowing to ape his security policies while failing to focus on the blind spots - like the alarming number of displaced persons. "People think things are going so well so they would rather not admit there's a problem," says Rojas, of Codhes. "It's the politics of sticking your head in the sand...