Word: approaching
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Hanan noted that students are currently forced to choose between the two programs at the end of their first year at Harvard, and that concentrators generally have little idea what approach to the region they want to take...
Vogel explained that when the EAS committee was formed in 1972, EALC was geared toward early languages and literatures. Student interest in using the social sciences as an approach to study the area led to the creation of the separate EAS concentration, he said...
...will be able to enforce the ordinance and peacefully coexist with the research institutions and the animal rights movement," said Healy. "I think he brings a balanced approach to a position with extremists on both sides...
Investcorp is a breed apart from most other leveraged-buyout firms. Rather than relying on debt to finance purchases, Investcorp usually pumps a large amount of its own equity capital into the companies it acquires. Moreover, the firm generally adopts a hands-off approach to managing its holdings. While the cost of the Saks buyout may tempt Investcorp to push for higher profits, the Bahrain firm contends that it will be true to its unmeddlesome philosophy. "We are owners, not managers," said Savio Tung, a top officer. "We bid for Saks because we thought it was a great company...
...West's passive approach could also persuade the Lithuanians to back down, which is probably essential to a peaceful outcome. To an extent, the Western powers share Moscow's pique at the way Vilnius raced single-mindedly toward independence. Says Ilya Prizel, professor of Soviet studies at Johns Hopkins University: "They dove into the swimming pool without seeing if it held any water." That fancy dive was especially unfortunate given the fact that Gorbachev has made clear that the republic has the right to leave the U.S.S.R. as long as it follows the terms of a new secession law passed...