Word: actualizing
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...activists in Harvard-Radcliffe Amnesty International. Without denigrating the work of this group or any other group dedicated to activism, there is a significant difference between social activism and social service. Writing letters protesting human rights violations does not provide the same qualitative experience to the volunteer as actual, direct contact with the beneficiary or "client." Although worthy and important, a group such as Amnesty International should not be classified as social "service...
...year was 1988, and election fever had hit my middle school. Perhaps envious of the public schools that actually got to close on election day and proudly house voting booths, someone came up with the idea of transforming our cafeteria into a fake polling place, complete with actual levers to pull. Statements of platforms were distributed, and we watched and discussed the debates in detail. As election day approached, I weighted my choices carefully and was a little nervous when I got to school that...
...college students of today who will be instrumental in building the proverbial bridge to the twentieth century. We shouldn't just gather in Loker and the IOP to watch the outcomes--we should be part of the outcomes. So savor today, and look forward to many years of actual lever-pulling in the future. The country is ours to mold and change. And sure, perhaps I haven't gotten any less idealistic than in my eighth grade election, but at least now I'm voting for the right party...
...poverty the resources and nurture they need. If they're the predators, we must be the vulnerable prey--the only real innocents around. And this probably explains why we can blithely identify with the man-boy in the frosted-cereal commercial while demanding that child criminals be punished like actual men. What could be better than being a great big kid, free of both the responsibilities of adulthood and the disabilities of youth, while the real kids are locked up in prison...
From among hundreds of votes taken in Congress in 1994 and 1995, Congressional Quarterly selected 11 on which to poll candidates. Incumbents' responses are based on actual votes. Challengers were asked by questionnaire how they would have voted on each. Those questions (and the congressional votes they are based on) are presented below. Unless otherwise noted, all votes took place in 1995. An asterisk following a response indicates that an incumbent changed his or her vote on a similar bill this past summer...