Word: attempting
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There is one catch, however: senior theses. For these are supposed to be an attempt at serious scholarship, and not, as they often end up being, just another class among four. Some professor once even said that most senior theses are not worth the paper they're written on. I don't doubt that this is true--which means, if nothing else, that I hope the Yenching is open during intersession...
...even want to. However, exams are a time when this ignored element of the student population must effect a degree of transformation. So, GWs (you might never admit it, but you know who you are) who might catch a glimpse of a procrastinator making a worthy attempt at academic diligence--please, make no study break suggestions. Do not ask the procrastinator for notes, opinions, time or attention. In fact, just walk past and leave her to her books. After all, the procrastinator needs support during the difficult transition to Good Worker
...point is, each of us will suffer throughout our life. The trick is to recognize that others suffer too and attempt to make life more livable for us all. I'm not convinced ignoring Sally Struthers is immoral, but it is immoral to forget the pain of the people she helps...
...usual suspects" may be too numerous to round up. You don't have to look far to find Pakistanis with the necessary motive to carry out Saturday's assassination attempt against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Indeed, the man who led Pakistan through its nuclear testing last year even may have brought Saturday's assassination attempt upon himself. "His clampdowns on opposition have created a very dangerous situation where the only outlet for dissent is in the form of acts of violence such as the one we've just seen," says TIME New Delhi bureau chief Tim McGirk...
...assassination attempt comes amid rising tensions in the poverty-stricken country. On Monday, Sunni Muslim extremists killed 14 people in an attack on a Shi'ite mosque. And with Nawaz the target of fierce criticims from groups as diverse as supporters of Osama Bin Laden and the country's Christian minority alarmed at the government's adoption of Islamic law, Pakistan is starting to look like a time bomb--attached to the side of a nuclear device...