Word: conferred
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Responding to the pressure, the seven-man governing Corporation early last October broke with the tradition and decided it would not confer honorary degrees, Harvard's highest honor, at the 350th as they had at the 300th and the 250th anniversary celebrations. One administrator called the decision "the only graceful way out" of a confrontation with the Harvard community...
...Only, her first novel, highlights a growing Washington phenomenon: reporters are no longer just ink-stained hacks who cover the capital's celebrities; they have become, in fiction and fact, stars in their own right. In a town where power and glory are as ephemeral as the jobs that confer them, top reporters who stay put can become the most enduring part of the celebrity elite. It is a theme of Sally Quinn's novel--and of her life...
...again. He called Meier collect from public pay phones during his lunch hour, using the alias "Mr. Diamond." The owners of his stocks were listed as International Gold Inc. and Diamond Holdings S.A., which were dummy corporations that Levine had set up in Panama. When he needed to confer with Meier in person, he flew to the Bahamas under a fictitious name, using plane tickets that he purchased with cash. So as not to arouse the suspicion of his wife, he never mentioned his out-of-town trips and avoided spending the night in the Bahamas...
...Confer-ing" is not just for computer science jocks. Less than 60 percent of confers are computer science or engineering majors. "Teleconferencing and electronic mail are the only things you can do on computers without knowing anything about them," Jun explained...
...question is especially popular now: "When you're `confer-ing,' do you prefer the act or do you prefer cuddling...