Word: actualizing
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...It’s a good policy. We get tons of people down by the stadium but the old tailgate rules kept them from making it in the actual stadium,” said Carl D. Ehrlich ’09, who plays defensive end for Harvard...
While Harvard undergrads might get their brains pecked by mid-terms and papers, Harvard Business School students are facing a more tangible fowl foe: an actual turkey. Two weeks ago, The Crimson reported that HBS students had created a Facebook group complaining about a turkey running wild around the campus (Kumar, Prateek, “Turkey Runs Afoul of Biz School,” The Harvard Crimson, Oct. 8). The matter intrigued FM, and we decided to lead our own investigation...
However, my actual beef with the calorie tickers has nothing to do with the incomprehensible nature of the cards, but rather the philosophy behind them. As nice and simple as digits are to grasp, numbers of calories in food don’t always correlate with nutritional value, and the notion that the cards were supposed to be some guide-at-a-glance for healthy choices was inherently problematic. In a way, instead of demystifying Chickwiches and ranger cookies, the cards took attention away from the food itself in favor of abstract numbers; the overwhelming distress the cards caused...
...neither have fans from Tampa Bay or St. Petersburg. There’s probably 500, maybe 600 actual fans in Tampa. Like, real fans...
...Minnesota, he reminded students that he opposed expanding government subsidies for college tuition. "If you're smart enough to be here," he roared, "you're smart enough to get through it," meaning college. "Have we become that dependent on government?" When his opponents, once they recognized him as an actual threat, accused him of knowing nothing about running a $12 billion-a-year state government employing 48,000 people, Ventura responded in essence that he didn't have all the answers but would damned sure roll up his sleeves and learn them once he was elected...