Word: conference
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Radcliffe College ceased to confer its own degrees. The diplomas are [the same] as they have been since 1977, if not before then," Barber said...
...Department of Justice has asked that evidence in its case against Microsoft be sealed. Such a move would allow the DOJ to confer with Microsoft and other companies close to the case to decide which of those documents should be off limits indefinitely. Among the 97 documents in question are e-mails, depositions, contracts with computer makers and internal memos, some of whose contents the DOJ has already leaked, as Microsoft tartly pointed out. But keeping some of the information under wraps could be to the company's advantage -- and a red flag to the news media, which will probably...
...take the drug for the rest of their life? Does the protective effect decrease over time? Will new side effects show up with long-term use? Will tumors that appear while a woman is on tamoxifen be harder to treat (preliminary studies suggest they may be)? Can other drugs confer comparable protection without side effects? And most important, did taking tamoxifen lengthen or shorten these women's life...
...time is long overdue for the administration to take more significant steps on ethnic studies. Currently, Harvard has a standing Committee on Ethnic Studies, which has neither curricular responsibilities nor the power to confer degrees. Its main purpose is to bring visiting professors to campus with expertise in ethnic studies...
Current Academy fellows confer membership upon notables in 21 different fields after a selection process overseen by Herschbach...