Word: yielding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although Harvard has a higher yield--the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend--than Princeton, Stanford and Yale, the three schools are commonly seen as Harvard's biggest rivals...
...simple truth is this: one million black men, including their spiritual and intellectual leaders, have answered Louis Farrakhan's request to "jump" by replying, "how high?" This response is reflective of an immense influence which will undoubtedly yield terrible consequences in our political future. Whether West or others agree with Farrakhan's dogma, their participation in his march assigns to him a power and authority which should be nothing short of frightening to all those who treasure liberty. I would urge all members of the Harvard community to take off their rose-colored glasses and look with unhindered vision...
...denies that gene therapy holds extraordinary promise or that it will eventually yield results. But critics have grown increasingly concerned that the initial excitement led to a premature rush to get unproved gene therapies out of the laboratory and into human patients. Researchers are still not sure which are the best methods to transport genes into affected cells. Nor have they figured out how to stop people's own immune systems from rejecting what are, in effect, microscopic transplants of foreign material...
Microsoft released its long-awaited Windows 95 operating system in August; the Empire State Building wore the colors of Win95 and the Times of London went free for a day, all courtesy of Uncle Bill. Does use of Windows 95 yield a giant leap in productivity for most people? No. A small leap? No. A couple of baby steps? Maybe. But the upgrade comes with a damn good version of Solitaire (oh wait, that came with Windows...
Regarding specific aspects of the portfolio: domestic equities returned 29.7 percent, foreign equities gained 4.7 percent, emerging market securities rose 0.7 percent and high-yield securities advanced 15.1 percent...