Word: accomplishments
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...show, The Unit, early in the morning. And I thought, I don't know what these people's politics are, but we're all dedicated to this idea of working together. That's all a traditional conservative view of economics is. That the free market will always accomplish socially and economically what government cannot. Two people left to their own devices will get along--because they have...
...This is the biggest obstacle to becoming a Harvard celebrity. I can take photos, send them to GossipGeek, maybe even make the front page. But this self-promotion will accomplish nothing unless people find me interesting. And with our skeptical attitude towards celebrities at large, Harvardians tend to look dubiously at anyone with aspirations to the status of “big man on campus.” Indeed, other than a few “actual” celebrities like Natalie Portman, the occasional figure skater, and the offspring of oil barons, Harvard celebrities are an eclectic lot, tangibly...
...It’s nice that we’ve had a successful dual season, but ultimately you race dual races to prepare for Sprints and IRAs,” Wintner said. “That’s what we’re hoping to accomplish. We’ve been preparing ourselves to race the best 2,000 meters we can at Sprints and the best three miles we can at Harvard-Yale...
...Philip A. Petrou ’09, the vice president of the program, the goal of Kidshow! is to “instill a sense of appreciation” for the arts, especially in “schools that have lost art programs.” In order to accomplish this, the program directors had to work hard to remind the children that though theater is fun, it’s also a meaningful medium in which to express their creativity beyond the superficial clichés of their youth. As Petrou notes, “We hope it will...
...student-cum-card shark who wins millions in Las Vegas casinos. But “Deal” fails to capture the fast-paced glamour of high-stakes gambling that made “21” an entertaining (albeit superficial) movie. “Deal” does accomplish one feat, however: it presents an oddly dull view of one of the most entertaining card games in existence—poker. In “Deal,” Cates revisits the world of gambling that was the subject of his 2000 film “$pent...