Word: waits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mack I. Davis, director of the advanced standing program, said yesterday he will ask departments to determine ways of changing their tutorial structure to allow students to wait until spring of their freshman year before deciding to accept advanced standing...
Actually, while I find his offices with little trouble, it takes a bit more searching to find Sneath. First, I wait while his receptionist contacts one of his staff assistants. Then a vice president receives me in his office, giving me Sneath's background and accomplishments, and generally scrutinizing me to see if I might traumatize his boss with an ill-chosen question. Finally, the vice president accompanies me to Sneath's enormous office--and stays for the interviews, injecting his comments quickly whenever I broach what he thinks is a sensitive issue...
...would think, if you were a Harvard alum who knows there's a $250 million drive coming up, you'd bury your pocket book and wait for the shot," Clifton said. Instead, the publicity for the capital drive has "stimulated interest in giving to Harvard," Clifton added...
...summer long, you wait for it. Baseball is unquestionably baseball, but it can get on your nerves after a while and besides, it's not hockey. The Stanley Cup play-offs of the previous year seem a distant memory, and something, anything, is needed for a fix. Maybe it's some international game on PBS, or a highlight film at three in the morning. Most likely, though, there's nothing until the first week of October and opening day has arrived. The hockey mindset grabs you, and that...
This could be one of the most explosive consequences of the treaty, but a number of experts are relatively sanguine about the prospects of Sadat's getting help from Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Says Sisco: "Both countries seem to be adopting a wait-and-see attitude while making the proper statements to appease the more radical Arab nations." Safran feels that while Saudi Arabia may appear to be siding with the Arab hard-liners against Egypt, "the Saudis will feel compelled to support the fait accompli, despite their carping." If Saudi Arabia becomes vocal in backing Egypt, Safran believes...