Word: cannot
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...said the next U.S. president--"whomever she may be"--should use the power of free enterprise to open Chinese society. She advocated the inclusion of China into the World Trade Organization, but said, "We cannot avert our eyes from human rights violations in Beijing...
Expenses are an important factor for in many deferral decisions, since students who defer (application or admission) cannot postpone student loan payments until they start school again...
...have applied to jobs, been interviewed and offered positions only to pull out at the last minute in fear--fear of accepting the fact that I must choose, that I cannot be everywhere and everything. I have nothing to do next year because I am not yet willing to channel myself in a direction that will mark me, limit me and steer me forever. Yes, you can quit your job. You can go back to school. You can move to a new continent. But you cannot recover the past. You cannot ever get back on the highest diving board, clean...
Conceding its own limitations, the Ad Board relies on the reports of disciplinary subcommittees in complicated cases. But whereas the Ad Board can conceivably distinguish itself from a court of law if it does not engage in fact-finding, a disciplinary subcommittee cannot. Subcommittees, like courts of law, interview the accused and accuser, examine witnesses and summarize their findings in a written report. No matter how hard the administration attempts to avoid using the language of the law, it is ultimately a semantic distortion to refer to such investigative disciplinary subcommittees--implicitly extensions of the Ad Board--as "educational" bodies...
Besides the selection process, there are more reasons why securing the most famous speakers is one area where Harvard cannot always use its name to get what it wants...