Word: benignly
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...shaped a near perfect program. Dorrance is at once a master motivator who writes touching letters to his players and invests himself in all aspects of their lives and a man described by former players and opposing coaches as "arrogant," "cruel" and even "evil." Crothers reaches a more benign conclusion, chalking up the harsh words to typical player-coach tensions and praising Dorrance for shaping an institution that has lifted women's sports...
...policy is just to embarrass them and tell them to move on out,” Zapf-Belanger says. “The embarrassment is enough; they don’t need to get you in trouble.” Beyond its potential humiliation, Zapf-Belanger considers the tradition benign. “It’s fine if you don’t get the books sticky; it’s kind of a harmless thing.” Library representatives had no comment. Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) also didn’t shed much light on their...
...vandalism that they deal with is very minor, such as smaller pieces of the art being broken, or small tags being painted on them.WHERE IS THE LINE?When Smith-McNally started working as conservator in 1998, she says that most damage she encountered seemed unintentional, or at least benign. But the situation has changed—she readily notes the five-year rise in vandalism.Despite this trend, she adds that her first experience of seeing a tag on a piece of public artwork was not insulting, but in fact very moving.Shortly after Sept. 11, 2001 she found the word HOPE...
...Harvard that is not commonly presented to freshmen as well as an overview of campus progressives’ current concerns. “One of the bad things about freshman orientation is that it gives you this rosy picture of a happy Harvard family that’s really benign,” said Maxwell C. Drummey ’07, one of the editors of the guide. “Harvard is still not an ideal place, you know, equality still does not exist here.” The guide, which contains articles entitled “Economics Exposed...
...problem is not, however, managerial. Those crying out for an Iraqi Mandela to reconcile sectarian foes in pursuit of the greater good - or even an Iraqi Mubarak, the benign authoritarian leader of Egypt who enforces stability with an iron hand - may not have noticed that the forces unleashed and empowered by the U.S. invasion and its democratic aftermath render both options unlikely...