Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...familiar with those programs, but at Harvard we place great importance on compliance with the non-discrimination laws, including Title IX," says Robert B. Donin, the University's deputy general counsel. "If we didn't comply with Title IX, we could face a lawsuit or lose our federal funding...
...pundits debated whether Bush was trying to move his party to the center or just slapping a happy face on familiar policies, they hauled out the Dick Morris term triangulation, coined by the former Clinton adviser in 1995 to describe the President's strategy of positioning himself above and between Democrats and Republicans in Congress. But Clinton sees Bush's moves as having less in common with triangulation than with Clinton's strategies as a candidate in 1991 and 1992, when he took on the left wing of his party, challenging its hidebound policies on such issues as welfare, taxes...
...seasons, Tim Foley '98 will make you want to cry. Those who are familiar with the play or its movie adaptation might be worried through the first act that Foley is not as great an actor as More was a man. But as the tension and action build into the second act, Foley proves himself to be abundantly worthy. His performance rises with the pressure level--the sincerity and passion of More are palpable. By the final scene, he is the martyr and the man; he is, quite simply, outstanding...
...kind of objective merit. Krok showmanship comes through even in auditions; between numbers in any concert, the Kroks always clasp their hands together in front of them. As Hicks makes an announcement to the auditioners, the arc of singers behind him, by instinct, all clasp their hands in the familiar pose. Each night of auditions, the numbers get smaller and smaller and eventually a few of these nervous strangers will be deemed worthy to be whisked into the 53-year association of singers...
Harvard astronomers familiar with the report say one member of the visiting committee told the department, "If you drew names at random from this list, you would have as good a or a better department than you have...