Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Brown students vote by a margin of 2,956 to 863 to strike for one week after University officials cut the budget and fail to address student concerns. Classes were still held and buildings remained open, "for anyone who wished to attend." On the same day, a fire destroyed the 91-year old building that housed the biology department of Tufts University. 17 - A woman is raped in the bathroom of Lamont Library, prompting administrators to move the women's restrooms to the first and fourth floor, and install combination locks on the doors. 28 - The United States Embassy orders...
...From Cut and Paste to Point and Click...
...Another MBA student, William J. Olson, sent to a public e-mail discussion group a list of "Top Ten Ways for HBS to increase its bottom line," which included items like, "Cut the Landscaping budget in half from $400 million to $200 million...
However unseemly, the withdrawal was the end of a costly, arguably pointless 18-year occupation that cut short the lives of hundreds of Israeli soldiers, mostly young conscripts. It was the erasure of a long-standing blot on Israel's international credibility. And it was the fulfillment of an election promise so radical and attractive that most voters, for or against Barak, had originally written it off as mere gimmickry. "The tragedy," Barak declared, "has come...
...asset militarily. It began to be a liability. We were in a vicious circle. When we had the upper hand, we said, "Why leave?" When the Hizballah had the upper hand, we said, "Oh, no, we will never sway under pressure." So I thought the only way to cut this Gordian knot is to set a target date [for withdrawal]. Once I set it, I said in advance, When it comes to the moment, Hizballah will try to intensify their attacks in order to prove, so to speak, that they pushed...