Word: moratorium
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Mosley said the relatively small number of transfer applicants to Harvard--425 students--may have resulted from last year's moratorium on transfers, during which Harvard did not accept any resident transfers and only two non residents. "That scared people off," he said...
Britain's troubles raise the specter of international bankruptcy, a situation in which an uncontrollable run on the pound would force Britain to declare a moratorium on repayment of foreign debts, slap tight controls on wages and prices and limit imports drastically. The result would be a sharp decline in British living standards. While recently presenting a new budget that imposes an additional 25% tax on most luxury items, Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey warned that Britain must not exhaust the patience of foreign lenders. "We would then face the appalling prospect of going down in a matter...
After an unproductive meeting with the administration, the students called a two-day moratorium on classes last week. The first day, about 70% of the university's 22,350 students stayed away from their classes-many of them attending some 40 workshops ranging from "Higher Education and the Current Crisis" to "Lobbying Tactics: On Meeting and Talking with Legislators...
There is nothing unusual about putting all the transfers in the Quad. Bruce Collier, assistant dean of the College for housing, said earlier this week that before Harvard admissions imposed a moratorium on transfers last year that held transfer students down to a handful, transfers were alternately placed in the Quad ordispersed throughout the House system...
There are ways, though, to mix politics and music--Lyon's first public appearance was at the big antiwar moratorium rally in Washington in November 1970. And for the moment, anyway, Lyon can have it both ways...