Word: watch
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Elizabeth H. Carleton ’59 would become the last woman ever to be crowned “Miss Radcliffe.” That year, the annual beauty contest—judged by Harvard professors who would watch the girls read aloud a provided passage—came under scrutiny as two of the nine Radcliffe dorms refused to enter candidates in the contest in protest, claiming it was “against Radcliffe principles.”The winner was to be featured in a Glamour magazine spread featuring 10 of the best-dressed college women...
...These two projects, part of an overall plan to increase the presence of art on campus, gave student artists the space to thrive. But as the school built homes for the arts in brick and concrete, some students feared that creativity itself, under the University’s watch, would be rigidified...
...Operation Rescue, which kept a "Tiller watch" on its website, issued a strained denunciation of the killing. But the words of its founder, Randall Terry, were not so measured. "George Tiller was a mass murderer," said Terry. "We grieve for him that he did not have time to properly prepare his soul to face God. I am more concerned that the Obama Administration will use Tiller's killing to intimidate pro-lifers into surrendering our most effective rhetoric and actions...
...reform. "There's no question that a health-care bill with a public-option component might end up being one of the razor-thin votes of the year, where Franken's vote could make a difference," says Larry J. Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...
...Watch Your Weight. American Airlines and American Eagle are instituting a box and bag embargo on oversize, overweight or excess baggage from June 6 to Aug. 25 on flights from the U.S. to Grenada, Jamaica, Haiti, Ecuador, the Bahamas, Mexico, Puerto Rico and other destinations in the Caribbean and Central and South America. Passengers will be allowed one carry-on bag, with a maximum size of 45 linear inches and a maximum weight of 40 lb. Checked luggage weighing between 51 and 70 pounds will cost $50 per bag. Sports equipment, such as golf bags, surfboards and other items...