Word: commit
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...People said we would never be able to get people to commit to a two-month trip, but we did it," Stone said...
...more teachers so that we may have more small-group instructional settings; find us the physical space our student groups and our Houses need to grow; include us at the table when the University makes decisions. We don't expect magic wands and miracles, but if he can commit to these three goals, he will make a dramatic impact on the lives of Harvard undergraduates. And if he follows through with them, he will leave Harvard in a better position than he found...
Federal hate-crimes legislation has been on the books since 1969, but stronger and more comprehensive revisions are needed. Currently, individuals can be prosecuted under federal law if they commit a crime against an individual due to racial, religious or national bias, and the victim is engaged in a "federally protected activity." "Federally protected activities" include voting, serving on a jury, registering for school, taking part in a federal program and not much else. So the current hate-crimes legislation is limited in two ways. It only covers crimes based on race, religion or national bias (to the exclusion...
...cited students' low scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System Test (MCAS) and concerns about the lack of Harvard involvement in local schools as primary motivations for the initiative. Last month, Cambridge mayor Anthony D. Galluccio called for Harvard and MIT to commit to helping area schools during his State of the City address...
...Tennessee Williams' memoirs - wrote with immense affection of 1948. He remembered the year as a golden age, best savored in Rome or New York City. Best Year tends to be the year when you were young and strong, and had just made the giddy discovery that you could commit great follies and survive them - the discovery that you were, for practical purposes and for the indefinite future, immortal...