senate
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Chemistry professor Brian Crane, who opposed the resolution, said he attended senate meetings on the topic and concluded that declaring “no-confidence” wouldn’t meaningfully address the problems facing Cornell—especially with Yates’ review just beginning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
But she has been helped by controversy on the other side of the aisle involving Graham Platner, who was ultimately replaced as the Democratic nominee by Jackson, a former president of the Maine state senate.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
The senate plans to send its recommendation to regents by June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The blonde executive assistant to the president was then mentioned by a Democratic senate hopeful, in comments that set the internet alight -- and incensed the White House.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yitzchak became a politician, a member of the Israeli senate, the Knesset.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
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Since news of the deal broke, he said he has met with the system chancellors, provosts, program directors and faculty senates about the acquisition.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
But the school’s faculty and student senates each passed resolutions calling for a change and the university’s alumni board of directors supported reassessing the team name’s appropriateness.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2021
State senates range in size from twenty members in Alaska to sixty-seven members in Minnesota.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
Voters are also choosing representatives in their local state senates - and in Delaware, Democratic candidate, Sarah McBride has made history as the country's first ever trans state senator.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2020
Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various
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