Word: reached
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...women's movement progressed, other universities and funding agencies started to offer continuing education programs for women. As a result, administrators say, the Bunting Institute began to reach out specifically to women who had achieved distinction in their careers. Over time, the institute gradually became a center devoted largely to helping women advance in academia or the arts...
According to Holly R. Zellweger '90, co-president of the Radcliffe Union of Students, the institute needs to reach out to undergraduates more effectively. "One of the Bunting Institute's purposes is to be a source of role models," she says. "It could fulfill that a bit more visibly...
...Given the recent developments in molecular biology, the tools are at hand or within reach to help us understand some of the fundamental mechanisms that parasites use to fool the immune system of the host," said Ted Hearne, a spokesperson for the MacArthur Foundation...
...extreme shortness, the prospect of even a couple more inches seems worth the trouble. Jonas Devlin has no dreams of being a Larry Bird or a Michael Jordan. His goal is considerably more modest: "I would like to be tall enough so that when I sit, my feet will reach the floor...
...weather was especially hard on growers in Texas' depressed Rio Grande valley, where fruit and vegetable production is the leading industry; citrus losses in that area alone could reach $55 million. Winter vegetables, including celery, cauliflower, radishes and broccoli, were heavily damaged in the South. In Florida, virtually the entire $200 million vegetable harvest might be gone, and in Texas only about 20% of the crop might be salvaged...