Word: fielding
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Unfortunately, whether this perception is fair or not, some concentrations are doing little to reverse it in the field of advising. Surveys of student satisfaction with undergraduate advising show that most of the concentrations that were at the bottom of the list three years ago still remain there, even though others have greatly improved their advising procedures. The surveys convey a simple message: Students want advising programs that involve meaningful interaction with Faculty members. Both the laggard concentrations and the College should take this message into account, re-examining the advising process to serve students better and to help them...
Once crisscrossed with paths like in Harvard Yard, the quad was converted to a genuine grass-covered field in the 1970s and what has resulted--a simple rectangular "courtyard"--is one of Harvard's greatest successes, according to many Cabot residents...
...ground begins to thaw, the residents of Cabot, Pforzheimer and Currier gravitate toward the field that unites them. Games of soccer and ultimate frisbee seem to dominate the quad's main strip, with pockets of students studying, talking and sunbathing on the periphery...
...that Bradley had "vaulted into a virtual tie" in New Hampshire, with many voters "voicing eagerness for political change despite the region's prosperity." Gore's advisers, who had been conducting only nationwide polls, were stunned. They had assumed they were 20 points ahead in New Hampshire. Coelho dispatched field manager Michael Whouley to the state to find out whether the situation was really that bad. Whouley discovered it was worse. Bradley volunteers had been knocking on doors since the summer, while Gore floated through the state in 20-car motorcades, aloof and distant, connecting with no one. Whouley asked...
...suddenly found himself courted by angel investors, foreign venture capitalists and banks eager to lend. In the end, he decided to get out of the game entirely by selling to Satyam Infoway, one of the largest Internet service providers in India, which doesn't allow foreign competition in the field. "We already have a substantial audience in India," says chief executive R. Ramaraj, "and with IndiaWorld, we have acquired an India-interest audience globally...