Word: avoider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Quincy resident Bryan W. Leach '00 said he was concerned the game encouraged students to avoid Houses and House activities where they might be "killed...
Often only a little skepticism, a little suspicion proves enough, but all too frequently blissful innocence rules alone. What Internet user can avoid confronting the harsh possibilities implicit in programs like Finger and Ping? Who uses e-mail without the electronic equivalent of drawbridges, a portcullis, some halberdiers? Lately, the answer seems well-nigh everyone. Too many Harvard students trust, too few know Melville's The Confidence Man, the twisted tale of a masquerader already physically close to his victims, poised to ping...
...problem is in our midst, but at the same time we should know that the solutions lie there as well. What I am suggesting is that in the aftermath of tragedy we face the challenge of accepting a very painful, but very genuine, sense of humility. Too often we avoid the introspection and reflection that the situation demands, instead choosing to distance ourselves by self-righteously discussing solutions. What we must realize is that while self-righteousness may allow us to feel comfortably detached, our detachment can only show us what the tragedy is. It is humility that can help...
...Often only a little skepticism, a little suspicion proves enough, but all too frequently blissful innocence rules alone. What Internet user can avoid confronting the harsh possibilities implicit in programs like Finger and Ping? Who uses e-mail without the electronic equivalent of drawbridges, a portcullis, some halberdiers? Lately, the answer seems well-nigh everyone. Too many Harvard students trust, too few know Melville's The Confidence Man, the twisted tale of a masquerader already physically close to his victims, poised to ping...
Advice is easier dispensed than adopted. Still, in the hopes of helping others avoid some of the mistakes I made, I urge all potential thesis-writers to consider the following list of things to do and not to do when writing a thesis. First...