Word: ascertain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accredited visitor at the sixth assembly of the World Council of Churches, and as near as I am able to ascertain, your reporter must have attended a different meeting. The assembly was the most exciting event of my lifetime. It is too bad your reporter missed the whole event...
This year, EHS became part of a nationwide effort to ascertain the possible harmful effects of asbestos, a common insulating material. Diberardinis has led the University investigation of the problem, detective work which has taken him from the MCZ to William James Hall to the Law School's Harkness Commons and Langdell Hall to House dining halls to Mallinekrodt and Conant Laboratories...
First, in the role of the Assistant Dean as "hearing officer" under the Faculty's procedure for resolving complaints by students. my basic task is to ascertain what actually occurred between the two parties. Looking back on my experience of the past three years. I am struck by the fact it has only rarely been difficult to establish the facts. Yet I have usually found it to be the case although it has the ring of cliche that the behavior complained about is interpreted very differently by each party. In order to establish the facts, I strive to be objective...
Another federal investigation is seeking to ascertain whether the Magnum Oil Co. had overcharged the city for fuel and had received from the city a $1 million loan with highly favorable terms. Young had supported the contracts to both Vista and Magnum, sometimes over the objections of the city council. Magnum is a black enterprise, and Vista posed as one in order to be eligible for preferential treatment by the city. Other less serious investigations involve the funding of several housing projects and a mall development and operations of the city...
...addresses of persons interviewed. The questions attempted to elicit political views and probe Palestinian attitudes toward Israelis under conditions in which the respondents would feel they could speak freely. The "monster" question, based on colloquial Arabic expressions, was part of an effort to analyze attitudes and prejudices and ascertain to what extent these may have changed since...