Word: againstness
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This past Sunday morning in the woods of rural Massachusetts, a battle of the ages took place. Five courageous Harvard students faced off against six of their elder Law School counterparts in the rain. Pink paintball pellets pummeled through the air, with more hitting the surroundings than their intended targets...
Before leaving, both clubs teamed up for one final round against a rag-tag team of children and adults, putting aside their (age) differences and proving the power of collaboration by victoriously taking siege of a fort.
McDowell—who contrasted humans, as reasoning beings, against animals—described the human characteristic of autonomy as the self-government of the mind and “the capacity of an individual to determine her thought or act for herself.”
Admittedly, it is hard to argue with such a positivist position, particularly when financiers and policymakers are willing and eager to rely on the appearance of mathematical certainty they provide. Certainty is attractive: Investors like companies with steady returns, just like individuals purchase insurance to hedge against the unknown; even...
Many things were at stake in this game, apart from the usual pride that comes from winning “El Clásico,” as the match is called. Whoever won would jump ahead in the Spanish league title hunt, as the teams were tied in the...