Word: seconded
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...accuser come to your offices in person to make these allegations, you would have asked yourselves: Does she have any evidence? Is she personally credible? Is there a second source with any corroborating evidence? You know full well that you would have found all three answers to be “no.” You would also have found that the university had already investigated these charges and found them false. Under such circumstances, you would not have published an article citing her allegations, recognizing how unfair it would be to the parties accused. That is Journalism...
...less a controversial one. Finding the article was easy. The first paragraph is entirely devoted to Dallas Perkins and the slightly illegal dealings of his father who had “clowned” Texas. The need for that opening could be found in the first line of the second paragraph, which proclaimed that today, Perkins “is running his own gang of outlaws.” (This earlier writer had no qualms concerning what to call the coach, dropping the confident “Perkins” after the first paragraph and proceeding to rely...
...addition to the latest Harvard Gazette story about the prevalence of H1N1 on campus, the parents’ tab currently contains a letter from Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds and an article written by an undergraduate student. The second page of the site provides parents with a detailed list of relevant links meant to help them navigate Harvard’s sometimes complicated network of resources...
...make your way into Steve Pinker’s loft, the first thing that strikes you is the fact that he’s wearing black Calvin Klein jeans. The second thing is the giant open space. The living room, dining room, kitchen, and his study are all out in one area. A generous amount of windows spaced throughout the brick walls provides ample lighting, giving an air of softness yet practicality. The walls, placed in a zigzag modernist form, are lined with dozens of photographs, all taken by Pinker himself. He happily points out his little masterpieces...
...Crimson squad also had a late chance to make a mark on the scoreboard, earning three penalty corners in the last two minutes of first-half play. But Boston University goalkeeper Amanda Smith and the defense shut down each Harvard chance. On the second corner, Smith took a shot in the chest from junior Crimson standout Chloe Keating, preserving the Terriers’ 1-0 lead...