Word: augustness
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...Afghanistan has been moderated to some extent, but new challenges for the United States and the world—including a resurgent Russia, a rising China, and economic turmoil all over the globe—put a great deal on the new Obama administration’s plate. Last August, we watched—along with much of the world—the spectacular Olympic ceremonies held in Beijing. While we remained concerned about the Chinese government’s human rights record and its occupation of Tibet, we did not find calls for a boycott of the opening...
...took time off. The fall of my junior year—and it was the best decision I’ve ever made. We start here at 18, and not only are we facing down an institution more august and more challenging than anything we’ve ever imagined, we have to figure out where we fit in. As a freshman, I threw myself into the theater community with the force that only a freshman can muster. I was earnest, eager to please, and I wanted to make theater my life. I was in the Loeb every night from...
This season I will be restarting with you. I will retire from Harvard at the end of August, and share your feelings—sadness at leaving mixed with excitement and nervousness in thinking about what lies ahead. Good luck...
...Quincy Grille. “But it turned out to be so much fun,” she continued with a wide smile aimed at Lopez, who was seated next to her. The two were married in the bride’s hometown of Richmond, Ky., on August 23, 2008—a date they said they picked because it was the only one that worked with their schedules of working in their labs, studying for the MCATS, and DeCoste-Lopez’s brother’s start date for his freshman year at Transylvania University. The ceremony displayed...
...Before the August war, many South Ossetians made ends meet by trading food with neighboring Georgia, but the economy survived largely due to Russia's assistance and the illegal trade of arms, drugs and counterfeit money. That trade has fallen off since the tension on Georgia's border with South Ossetia and now unemployment is soaring under the separatist region's red, white and yellow flag. Kokoity's extra-parliamentary opposition, such as Vyacheslav Gobozov of the Fatherland Party, accuses him of theft and corruption...