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...muscling her way through a blue wall of Connecticut defenders, sophomore Tami Jafar hooked a pass to Brown. With 3:30 left on the game clock, Brown rushed the net, nearly flattening the goalie who was barely able to disband the threat.Although it was the Huskies who got the upper hand on the scoreboard, it was Harvard who had the most to celebrate. The Crimson not only exhibited a focus it has been chasing since the opening of its season but also held the nation’s 10th-best team—a team that had racked...
...binding early decision” program must sign an agreement pledging that they will not apply elsewhere.Since the Princeton program’s requirements are more stringent, its switch represents a more “dramatic” step, said Sharon M. Cuseo, an upper-school dean at the Harvard-Westlake School, an independent college prep school in North Hollywood, Calif., with no official ties to Harvard University.‘ALL THE COMPANY WE CAN GET’Harvard’s dean of admissions and financial aid, William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, said he is encouraged...
Since the Princeton program’s requirements are more stringent, its switch represents a more “dramatic” step, said Sharon M. Cuseo, an upper-school dean at the Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, Calif...
...lessen regional accents. Professionals call this "accent smoothing" or "accent softening." Students usually want to go up the social scale, and a certain type of voice may be essential in some fields. One lawyer from the north of England who approached Futerill "felt the legal profession was still very upper middle class, and not speaking RP was a distinct disadvantage," she says. It's a common perception. According to the Department of Trade and Industry's Fair Treatment at Work Survey 2005 (published this June), accent was named as a cause of unfair treatment more often than race, gender...
...signaled some reluctance to endorse. But even Rice's advisers don't believe that Iran can be persuaded to completely abandon its ambitions. Instead, they hope to tie Iran up in a series of suspensions, delays and negotiations until a more pragmatic faction of leadership in Tehran gains the upper hand...