Word: applauding
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Today, Bok defends this stance. “I don’t think any of us would applaud if we said, ‘Gee, we made a big move to bring in low-income students to add diversity,’ and then the next year say half or three-quarters of them have flunked out,” Bok says. “We know more about what it takes [to do well at Harvard] than they do, so we have some responsibility to take people who can reasonably succeed. Once you’re over that...
...stance that Dick Gephardt has taken. However, I do leave him room to grow as a policy maker in the United States. He does have a long history of not actually being a strong supporter of gay rights,” he said. “But, I do applaud his support of civil union—it shows he has progressed in his political career...
...treated medically were in fact given Rohypnol without their knowledge, nor am I arguing that the very use of Rohypnol on campus might occur in order to facilitate sexual assaults. These facts alone are sufficiently frightening and serious to warrant greater attention called to the matter, and we should applaud the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and the Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment (SASH) tutors for quickly disseminating the information about these recent events to our community. As students, we must all pay greater attention to our surroundings and know that Rohypnol is not a far-away substance...
...down strike--and, truth to tell, he's not often comfortable in comedic roles (We're No Angels) or romantic ones (Up at the Villa). "America's Best Actor" is also America's most actor-y actor; his technique is out front for all to applaud; his dark psychic energy can lead viewers to admiring him rather than understanding the character. That's why roles that allow him to strut his rough anxiety--as in Dead Man Walking and Sweet and Lowdown--are his catnip. Brooding, conflicted, R-rated character studies like Mystic River and 21 Grams: these are natural...
...always appeared to shun public attention and yet at the same time made damn sure he got it. He forbade any tribute after his death. Yet he published two further volumes of diaries (revealing as little as possible), and according to Read would be offended if congregations didn't applaud after his readings at others' memorial services. It was what Read, quoting John le Carré, calls Guinness's propensity to "back into the limelight." Far from the pottering, benevolent figure Guinness presents in his own books, Read reveals a frequently cruel, ambitious and selfish man striving to be better...