Word: terme
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...extent that the President is interested in someone with a long-term vision, it’s not clear to me that he does have that,” Tushnet says. “It’s not clear that that is an important consideration, but if it is an important thing, then it’s an obstacle...
...might have some short-term needs based on our fiscal climate that we absolutely have to address,” Nelson says. “But we have long-term commitments to the Houses...
Studying Telugu. Exploring culinary tradition. Visiting Emily Dickinson’s home in western Massachusetts.These were among the program ideas suggested by a 2005 committee to fill a new three-week January term left open by a 2004 proposal to create one University-wide calendar, a schedule later adopted by Interim University President Derek Bok in 2007 for implementation in the 2009-2010 academic year.But four years later, these opportunities remain unrealized. Instead, the College’s first J-Term next winter will feature limited housing for select individuals, encouraging students to explore off-campus options...
...reined in its visionary—and what some have criticized as financially irresponsible—plans to construct a new campus across the Charles. In November, Faust wrote that Harvard would weather the market turmoil by “staying true to our academic values and our long-term ambitions.” But just three months later, she cited the University’s “collective obligation to face the situation with the right balance of short-term focus and long-term ambition” in soberly announcing her decision to slow construction of the Allston...
...recipient of the Nobel prize in economics in 1997 for his work on the Black-Scholes model, ubiquitously used by traders to price options and determine expected volatility.But he has also gained notoriety in financial circles for his membership on the board of directors of Long-Term Capital Management, whose collapse threatened to imperil the global economy in 1998, prompting a government-orchestrated intervention.“If you look at the options model, it’s all about understanding the risk term,” he says. “Most of the outcomes aren?...