Word: furthering
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Harvard was smarting from the loss--which amounted to one percent of its total endowment--and sent its lawyers after Merrill Lynch for triple damages. Those lawyers say Merrill Lynch intentionally kept Harvard unaware of important information in order to further its own interests.
Pilbeam said he would review the current policy on the nature of reading period for further discussion at the committee's next meeting.
Council members further suggested that the committee discuss changing concentration requirements to allow students to concentrate in two unrelated fields, which is not possible under the present system.
Calender reform--changing the current system to an "early semester" schelude where final exams precede winter break--was also discussed, but committee members said they were uncertain over whether to debate the issue any further.
We assert, however, that the apparent fundability of projects must not be the primary scale used to build the Harvard of the 21st century. Some of Harvard's fields and programs, though they may represent a sizable body of important scholarship, are less glamorous, less publicized and less funded than...