At Taunton, the rebels killed, in their fury, an officious and eager commissioner of the subsidy, whom they called the provost of Perin. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary] Reference
"Search away, and I'll call the provost guard to help you!". From Wordnik.com. [My day : reminiscences of a long life,] Reference
If the provost thought they were deserters, then the provost was a fool. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Gold]
I ` m called a provost and so I guess it ` s like a principal and I ` m half administrator and half teacher. From Wordnik.com. [Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World] Reference
Parents today call the provost to complain about a grade on a daughter's paper, or the president to talk about a room assignment. From Wordnik.com. [Lee Woodruff: College Advice Blog, Part III: Life After Drop-Off] Reference
Oriel College, Oxford, and this connection was confirmed by Parliament in the same year, though it has, of course, to lapse when, as has been the case, the provost is a layman. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
At a late hour he called the provost marshal. From Wordnik.com. [Marse Henry (Volume 1) An Autobiography] Reference
"I'm definitely happy to be on the committee, and hope to do a good job because the provost is a very important position. From Wordnik.com. [Badger Herald: News Updates] Reference
"provost" are frequently opaque, even before getting to "special assistant to ..." and suchlike. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Community College Dean] Reference
Bellevue provost Mary Hawkins says that's great news. From Wordnik.com. [Online Education Growth Prompts Quality Concerns] Reference
And provost Eric Darr says that will be part of the experiment. From Wordnik.com. [University Declares A Week Without Social Media] Reference
It's Wallace D. Loh, currently the provost at the University of Iowa. From Wordnik.com. [Lori's A.M. Buzz: Pepco brass in hot seat] Reference
UCLA vice provost Judy Smith has started monitoring students 'progress. From Wordnik.com. [More Kids Major In Going Slow] Reference
Harvard's board immediately named provost Albert Carnesale acting president. From Wordnik.com. [Sick And Tired At Harvard] Reference
Brinkley is the Allan Nevins professor of history and former provost at Columbia University. From Wordnik.com. [Half a Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste] Reference
GONZALEZ: The temporary ban on social media is the idea of the university's provost, Eric Darr. From Wordnik.com. [Pa. University Bans Facebook, Twitter For A Week] Reference
For some, like Drexel provost Mark L. Greenberg, inter-disciplinary majors are the way of the future. From Wordnik.com. [Schools Consider The Value Of Individualized Study] Reference
"" It's anything but a fad, '' says Brian Copenhaver, provost of UCLA's College of Letters and Science. From Wordnik.com. [Life At High-Tech U] Reference
Nariman Farvardin, provost at University of Maryland, will serve as interim president until Loh arrives. From Wordnik.com. [U-Md. names U. of Iowa provost as president] Reference
That may give an advantage to inside administrators, like Harvard provost Steven Hyman or law Dean Elena Kagan. From Wordnik.com. [Larry, We Hardly Knew Ye] Reference
She rose from modest means in Alabama to become provost of Stanford University and an adviser to two presidents. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: A Matter Of Principle] Reference
But not everybody was impressed, including the vice provost for undergraduate education at Stanford, John Bravman. From Wordnik.com. [REFORM SCHOOL?] Reference
His deputy was John Deutch, former provost of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, another political neophyte. From Wordnik.com. [How Did We Get Here?] Reference
When I woke up I was in the stockade, and there was Col. Goodman arguing with the provost captain in charge of the MPs. From Wordnik.com. [What Really Happened To The Soldiers Of The 364Th?] Reference
To James Hilton, an associate provost at Michigan, the ability to browse books online is nothing short of world changing. From Wordnik.com. [Google's Book Battle] Reference
She joins Princeton president Shirley Tilghman, a molecular biologist who took over last year along with provost Amy Gutmann. From Wordnik.com. [The Group] Reference
"Do not automatically presume a school wants those extras," says Dan Saracino, assistant provost for enrollment at Notre Dame. From Wordnik.com. [IN CASE YOU WONDERED] Reference
To qualify for the maximum loan, pay off your consumer debts, says Jean Eddy, a vice provost at Northeastern University in Boston. From Wordnik.com. [Save First, Then Borrow] Reference
Wisconsin has a "laserlike focus" on building up student skills in the first three months, according to vice provost Damon Williams. From Wordnik.com. [Minority Report] Reference
There are more women than ever in provost positions -- normally a steppingstone to the No. 1 job at their own institution or another. From Wordnik.com. [College] Reference
In the early 1990s, as Princeton's vice provost, she authored an influential report on the future of affirmative action at that university. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Simmons] Reference
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