Word: statement
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...accepted into the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) seems on the surface to be the college application process all over again. There are the test scores. The recommendations. The general application. The personal statement...
...expanding equity, President Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair are preparing to make a rare exception to the principle of science-for-profit: the U.S. and British governments will make the results of the Human Genome Project available to the public and, more important, to the scientific community. A statement to be released Tuesday urges all researchers in the program to share their data in the interests of promoting humanity's ability to fight disease. With the latest $448 million the White House has asked Congress to approve for the project, the U.S. government investment in the research since...
Want to concentrate in history and literature, social studies or some combination thereof? Better be prepared to explain yourself in a written statement. Want to have a job/internship/life when you graduate? Better get those resums in tip-top shape and have your bags packed to fly hither and yonder. Want to be a prefect, a Crimson Keyer, a Seneca member? Switch Houses? Throw a party? Ladies and gentlemen, please have your pens at the ready...
...yahoos love to rebut any gun control argument with, "guns don't kill people. People kill people." But despite their at times over-zealous rhetoric, there is some truth to this statement. Most who use guns for violent crimes are smart enough to acquire them illegally. If someone is going to be running drugs or robbing liquor stores, they are probably not attending gun shows at local expo centers or stores where they must deal with licensing. Instead, they turn to the illegal market for guns; something only controllable through tougher crime measures. This market is what needs regulating...
...must have been hell for Bill Bradley. Al Gore was agreeing with him again. Every time Bradley opened his mouth at the Democratic debate in Los Angeles last week, Gore seemed in full accord. "I agree with that statement," he said at one point. "I think it was a very fine statement." Ouch. For months Gore had been treating Bradley's ideas the way a cleaver treats meat. But now that Bradley's campaign resembled ground chuck, the Vice President was showering him with roses--a spectacle that's likely to continue this week, if Gore finishes off Bradley...