Word: agress
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Take this statement in the second paragraph: "A free, liberal society is supposed to adhere to the principle that people should be free to do as they please with their own lives as long as they don't agress against others." It is difficult to do anything but agress with a handgun, although it is admirably suited for just that. Ferrara wants us to believe that's not true--he denies that a handgun's only purpose is to kill people. Admittedly, there are secondary functions of torturing and maiming, but American society does not condone these either...
...make it all the way through," Lauren Zachman, staff assistant for fellowships at the Office of Graduate Career and Programs (OGCP), says--and she seems to be right. The Rhodes gives you two years at Oxford and a great deal of prestige, but everyone involved in the application process agress that it isn't worth going through unless you have a pretty good shot at the finals...