Word: commend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...teacher, and as a courageous individual. She has played a critical role in my education here at Harvard and I owe her a great deal. I am heartened by reports that the Government Department may reconsider her case next year. I urge the Department to do so and I commend the Radcliffe Union of Students who have pledged to fight to retain this dedicated teacher and to continue to press for equitable treatment for the few women in professional positions at Harvard-Radcliffe...
Critics of traditional medical education commend that students are often overloaded with information and graduate as doctors who may not exercise enough compassion in dealing with patients...
After a time, the Brewers began to drift, as the hardest and softest losers invariably do, to the other clubhouse to commend the winners. "Step aside men," one of the Cardinal coaches said. "Here comes Mr. Kuenn." Six weeks after the Milwaukee manager had a prosthesis fitted for his right leg, amputated below the knee because of a circulation crisis in 1980, he was already on a golf course, playing, and he is eager to be there again. "After these last three weeks," Kuenn said, "you can scream while I'm putting and I won't mind...
...past offensive messages, to be vital both to Dartmouth and even other colleges as well. Even The New Republic agreed that "There is a need for special-interest newspapers on college campuses," conservative as well as liberal, libertarian, or what-have-you. That article continued to commend the Review, even while deploring its past actions, for having "succeeded where countless tenured professors have failed--in instigating animated discussions in the Dartmouth community about freedom of the press, affirmative action, women's rights, and journalistic ethics." It concluded, "Although most sensitive people are bound to be disgusted with the paper...
From the beginning, the Administration was elated by the response the peace plan received. U.S. allies welcomed it, and British Foreign Secretary Francis Pym planned to visit some Arab countries next month to commend the proposal. Most senior U.S. foreign policy experts in both political parties also backed the President's initiative...