Word: conference
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...fraud has begun to investigate what's killing people in the state's 1,400 nursing homes. In Washington, Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate's Special Committee on Aging, last week dispatched three investigators from the General Accounting Office to California to pore over data, confer with state officials and visit suspect nursing homes. One of their first stops was Creekside (now operating as Vacaville Rehabilitation and Care Center), which denied the investigators access to medical records--until they returned with a subpoena. Grassley calls the California data "troubling" and says the situation "requires immediate attention...
...Eliminate the $25,000 federal yearly giving limit. Notwithstanding the conduct of the present Administration, the real truth about political money is that it generally buys nothing. Political money doesn't confer power on the giver; it confers it on the recipient. We should allow individuals to contribute, within the law, to as many campaigns as they want. (Note to Democrats: this helps you, as Democrats get substantially more large individual contributions than Republicans...
While Rudenstine will confer degrees upon all of the University's graduates, undergraduates will actually receive their diplomas in the afternoon at ceremonies held at their residential houses...
...School of Dental Medicine will confer 45 degrees in three categories, conferring 22 doctor of dental medicine (D.M.D.), 14 master of medical sciences in oral biology (M.M.Sc.) and nine doctor of medical sciences in oral biology (D.M.Sc.) degrees, according to Assistant Registrar Melissa A. Dunphy. The school will also award 22 certificates for work in various speciality programs...
...Extension School will confer three associate in arts (A.A.), 82 bachelor of liberal arts (A.L.B.) of which 49 will be cum laude and 67 master of liberal arts (A.L.M.) degrees, according to the office of the dean. This ceremony will take place in the Loeb Drama Center...