Word: bereft
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...Matthew L. Sundquist ’09. “We’re going to keep talking about cheaper textbooks and coursepacks until somebody listens,” Sundquist said. The textbook plan passed unanimously and with little discussion, but yesterday’s UC meeting was not bereft of contention. Subject to debate was last week’s legislation in support of the “UC rides” program, which was passed to facilitate the arrangement of collective student transport to Logan airport. The council’s support of the program sparked e-mails...
Here at Harvard, the Lampoon, a certain semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, has its own vaunted prank tradition. Although of late its pranks are rare, small in scope, and bereft of any real ingenuity, in its heyday members were responsible for a number of shrewdly cunning acts of civil disobedience...
...Vanya, however, is bereft. His dream is to be reunited with his birth mother, whose name he does not know. With the help of one of the whores, he learns to read, breaks into the safe where his records are stored, discovers her whereabouts and enters upon an odyssey of discovery that is dangerous - he is, after all, only 6 - yet touched by occasional grace notes. He is pursued by the adoption agent and her very tough bodyguard (if they don't deliver the boy they will not receive their fee) and in his travels he encounters people who wish...
...understaffed African Union force bereft of a strong mandate which everyone expected to fail is, indeed, failing...
While purporting to shift the focus away from the disciplines, the committee ends up, semi-randomly, just privileging some disciplines over others. Issuing this kind of broad, institutional judgment against certain classes and disciplines will not only leave many students bereft of excellent classes, but will also discourage them from enrolling in departments whose classes are not deemed “21st century,” “global,” or “relevant...