Word: mainly
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...main objective is to have them spend as much time as possible with other students, trying to learn about what it would be like here," Fitzsimmons said. "We want students to make the right decision--and for some it's not to come here...
...really dawned on us that we needed to approach every game like the second against Dartmouth, that is, feeling relaxed and confident," said captain Ghia Godfree, referring to Thursday's 2-0 win that clinched the Ivy title. "Our main motivation was to show Cornell that we could beat them [convincingly], since we beat them by such a slim margin last time...
...couple of important ways, Mamani is unusual. As a Peruvian, he is outside the main markets of Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil, which together account for more than 75% of Latin American Web users (Brazil alone has 55% of them). And while the money he makes is enough to support his wife and three children, it does not place him anywhere near what Latin American marketers call "Class A or Class B"--the wealthy or at least upper middle class that makes up the bulk of online traffic...
...foreigners, who mostly consume the best the BBC has to offer, like the costume drama Wives and Daughters and the comedy series Absolutely Fabulous, the need for an overhaul might seem less than compelling. But for those who labor in the main offices, Dyke's description of the organization as being overmanaged and underled could seem a euphemism. During his seven-year reign, Dyke's predecessor John Birt created an unpopular and labyrinthine business bureaucracy in which 190 separate units handled interdepartmental dealings, especially those between the program commissioning and production sides. The Birt system was designed to instill accountability...
...overlords 18 months ago and propelled Barry into a second involuntary retirement. (His first involuntary retirement came in 1990, after he was videotaped smoking crack in a D.C. hotel.) In his place, we elected the city's former chief financial officer, Anthony Williams, a bow tie-wearing technocrat whose main qualification seemed to be that he was not Barry...