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...increase, while significant, is not wholly unexpected. The College admissions staff has maintained a concerted effort to publicize the creation of SEAS, striving to dispel the notion that Harvard is primarily a school for the liberal arts, according to Fitzsimmons. This undertaking??coming at a time when national interest in science and technology is rising—appears to have been successful...
After fighting a massive war to topple a dictator half way around the world, the Administration proved unwilling to defend a fragile democracy in its own backyard. It would hardly have required a massive military undertaking??as Rangel explained, “All we had to do was to send 200, 300 troops over there and tell those people to put down the arms.” The Administration’s inaction is already breeding considerable cynicism. “The problem for Haiti is that it’s not oil-rich,” said...
...visa application process—always an undertaking??has become much more difficult since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, when the U.S. government began implementing a new wave of national security legislation...
...talked, it was clear that the same part of [Schaffer] that found the ‘Return to Values’ initiative so appealing—because it was a spiritual undertaking??was driving his decision to go to Paris and pursue art,” says Wolfson...
When University President Lawrence H. Summers unveiled his $14 million program to boost graduate student aid this month, he stressed that this undertaking??while significant—is only a first step. Indeed, it is a positive first step. We only wish our leaps could be larger and that the goal of making graduate school possible for all students, regardless of financial need, could be realized sooner...