Word: terme
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...proctor meetings. Contrary to popular belief, the term "proctor" does not derive from the Greek proktos, meaning anus. Instead, it comes from the Middle English procutour, meaning "one who holds meetings until at least half of those present fall asleep." Our proctor--and this is not a joke--once took 15 minutes to tell us not to throw oranges out of our windows at passing administrators...
...establishment of the Community in 1958 had resulted in the removal of some tariffs, Delors found that others still persisted and that customs requirements and manufacturing regulations remained rampant. The new E.C. chief quickly realized that the elimination of such impediments could not be accomplished within one four-year term of office, so he chose the end of the following term, 1992, as the deadline. At the time, Delors did not know that he would be reappointed to office and would preside over the transition to a new Europe...
During its most recent term, the Supreme Court for the first time outlined the situations in which workplace drug testing would be permissible. The court approved testing for railway workers involved in major accidents and for customs employees seeking jobs that involve narcotics interdiction or require them to carry a gun. Some civil libertarians were encouraged by the fact that the rulings were narrowly crafted to apply only to well-defined groups of workers, leaving open the possibility that the court would not approve more wide-ranging testing...
...taken a leave of absence from the Law School for the time being. Like many of his colleagues who have spent similar stints in Washington--including Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence and former Solicitor General Charles L. Fried--Stewart is expected to return to the Law School after his term at Justice...
Students fought the change by claiming the right to choose, and won in the short term because masters themselves disagreed over how much social engineering was necessary to ensure "diversity," and because the masters' plan was to be unequally applied to all the houses. But when the dean of the College reversed the decision in March, he announced his resolve to forge a consensus on a better plan to enforce diversity this fall. As well he should. Not wanting to live together is not the answer to the problem of pluralism...