Word: withhold
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...mail to students and faculty last night, Kagan wrote that the Pentagon had notified the University this summer that it would withhold most federal grants to Harvard unless the Law School’s career services office gives aid to military recruiters...
...mail to students and faculty this evening, Kagan wrote that the Pentagon had notified the University this summer that it would withhold most federal grants to Harvard unless the Law School altered its policy to allow military recruiters access to the resources of the career services office. Harvard receives more than $400 million per year in federal grants...
...resurrected in much the same form. "Modest improvements, not truly visionary rethinking," is the norm when cities rebuild, says Lawrence Vale, a co-editor of The Resilient City: How Modern Cities Recover from Disaster. "There is too much urgency to rebuild fast, and not much can be done to withhold that. Visionary ideas don't catch on until later...
...Fiennes tends to withhold, director Meirelles likes to probe and prod a subject from a dozen oblique angles. That could have made for a schizophrenic movie, but this time, opposites attract: the actor and the director make a smart pair. The result is a First World story seen through the acute eyes of a Third World auteur--a film of nuance and power, flawlessly acted and an adventure to watch, with the aftertaste of an aspirin laced with cyanide...
This was a blow. The prosecution gloated and inquired whether, if such affidavits were read, it would have the right to cross-examine the experts. His Honor said yes. Another blow. The defense decided to withhold its experts and prepare instead a 12,000-word outline of Evolution in the record...