Word: dependable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...though Hoxby's conclusions depend on data 17 years old, today's college graduates say that, everywhere from a recruiter's callings to the staid halls of academia, dropping a high-prestige name has never been more important...
Ultimately, this may become a solid unit, but Harvard's success will depend upon how fast it matures...
...dangerous mission since the Vietnam war. The operation's primary task will be to disarm the anti-independence militias who, assisted by elements of the Indonesian military, continued Wednesday with a campaign of terror against a civilian population that also now faces mass starvation. The mission's success will depend in large part on the fate of the Indonesian military units in East Timor - there is no provision for withdrawing those units in the current agreement, and they're unlikely to roll out the welcome mat for the peacekeepers...
...reaching out to African-American church leaders in the hope that they will use the power of the pulpit to get out the word about AIDS. Let's hope the tactic works. At this critical moment in the AIDS epidemic, what happens next will depend largely on how well we educate--and how well people listen...
...from being aberrant, clinging to parents is instinctual, adaptive behavior. "Human children are very fragile and vulnerable compared with animals that can move independently from their parents at birth. They really depend for survival on their parents or some other connected adult," says Ucci...