Word: commend
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...strength of Harvard’s campus operations. On the investment side, Harvard’s rank got a boost from the Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, a review board that evaluates the ethics of companies in which Harvard invests. Sustainable Endowments Institute President Mark A. Orlowski is quick to commend the committee, but insists it has a ways to go before being a model. “The Committee is great about releasing information on the voting record of shareholders, but doesn’t make information about where the endowment is invested publicly available,” says Orlowski...
Arab commentators who praise Nasrallah as a hero for fighting Israel have been slow, not surprisingly, to commend Siniora's stand for freedom. But he has won the hearts of many Lebanese and enjoys broad support among Sunnis, Druze, Christians and some Shi'ites. When he sneaks from the Sérail for a rare meal outside, surprised restaurant patrons drown his arrival in applause. "He is a source of pride," says Elie Khoury, a leading pro-democracy activist who created the "I Love Life" advertising campaign to perk up Lebanese spirits. "We have a Prime Minister...
...entry was added to the esoteric lexicon of Harvard students, accompanying “concentration,” “comp,” “intersession” and “proctor:” the “secondary field.” We commend the Faculty—and particularly the Educational Policy Committee (EPC)—for quickly implementing the Harvard equivalent of minors, which have the potential to become integral parts of the curriculum. We hope, however, that students will not treat secondary fields as a de facto requirement...
Hoffman said, “I want to commend the committee, which did a heroic job. I want to haggle. We will haggle. We always haggle. But I think they had it right...
...those courageous high school students who come out while they are so young, I commend them. In most high schools in America, I can assure you that they face a daily struggle simply to remain safe. To suggest that someone would lie about their sexuality is not an adequate response to deny affirmative action. I’m certain misrepresentation is just as likely to happen in other categories as well. Being gay in this country is not easy. As one famous pamphlet of Queer Nation would respond to an argument like yours, “Go tell them...