Word: schemes
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...dying young or to discuss why "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" sucks. After sportswriting for eight years, I've discovered a few things--first, that sports are about people, because athletes are first and foremost humans; second, sports aren't all that important in the big scheme of things, but they help us understand the big scheme of things...
...Another 15 years would pass before Lowell could initiate his grandest housing scheme ever. In the late 1920s, oil magnate and Yale alum Edward S. Harkness became frustrated with the endless deliberations of his alma mater over what to do with his money. He turned to Harvard. In a few quick conversations with Lowell, Harkness became convinced that he had found a man of action and a man of vision. In 1929, he agreed to donate what became a $13 million gift to Harvard, funding a system of 300-person residences that would house Harvard's upperclass students. Four...
...last week, expressed grave misgivings about Clinton's proposed missile-defense system during the President's visit, and Putin moved to widen the gap by unveiling his own missile-defense proposals while on a visit to Italy and the Vatican. Putin proposed the joint development of a missile-defense scheme that would protect the U.S., Russia and all of Europe from attacks by "rogue states." But unlike Washington's plan to build an umbrella to intercept incoming missiles before they reach U.S. soil, the Russians propose the joint development of a system of interceptors stationed near missile-capable "rogue states...
...redesigned center will include the same facilities as the previous scheme. But many of the commissioners have already said they like its appearance much better...
...Think of the buildings as stage sets, where you can play out any technological or organizational scheme," muses Volker Hartkopf, professor of architecture at Carnegie Mellon University...