Word: toward
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Whitney says he has not beenapproached for a major gift yet, he says he'sconfident "the call will come" because theweekends are "oriented toward potentiallysignificant givers...
...seems genuinely dedicated to creating a more balanced Faculty. The MSA should cultivate a strong working relationship with him. Mas-Colell, for his part, should establish the credibility of his office early and hold the department chairs' feet to the fire. Just as important, he should push the administration toward a broad commitment to increasing the available pool of minority scholars...
Bush's announcement drew bipartisan applause on Capitol Hill, although Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-Maine) said he was not about to rescind his criticism that the president's policies toward the blossoming of democracy in Eastern Europe have been too "timid...
...believes strongly in protecting the investments this state has made--in scholarships for students, protecting the long-term care of the elderly, continuing to deal with the problem of drugs, and continuing the compassionate approach of this administration toward the problem of homelessness," says Deputy Chief of Staff Paul Pezzella of the governor...
Things aren't always so easy, of course. My roommates and I are not always on exactly the same wavelength. It so happens that the pause between rings is exceedingly long in our room. Thus, I often pick up the receiver toward the start of the third pause and am already engrossed in conversation when one of my roommates gets around to answering the phone at what they mistakenly think is the tail end of the long-gone pause. In such cases, a "Hello?" suddenly punctuates my discourse, and I usually decide it's easier to say I'm schizophrenic...