Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nothing to complain about last night as Harvard dominated the serving game and didn't commit any attack errors. That, along with the excellent defensive play of Yvonnne Karanas and Mari Rodriguez, was all Harvard needed to coast to an easy victory...
...only did the Crimson commit only one error in the first two sets, but it also executed Coach Wayne Lem's attack strategies perfectly...
...Council also succeeded in getting the town of Cambridge to commit itself to improving lighting in Cambridge Common...
McAfee's situation has revived a smoldering controversy over whether health- care providers should help the disabled commit suicide. In July a paraplegic in Michigan successfully petitioned a court to have his respirator turned off. Some officials denounced that action, saying it set a dangerous example for the handicapped by encouraging them to end their lives rather than strive for a meaningful existence. In McAfee's case, Judge Johnson has exonerated anyone who helps the patient carry out his plan. John Banja, a professor of medical ethics at Emory University, notes that hospitals have no clear mandate for "treatment discontinuance...
When students enroll in the program they commit themselves to at least 10 hours of work each day. And most students say they spend much more time working on the five problems they are given over the course of the summer...