Word: certain
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...past, I'm trying to say, can be sustaining. I draw a certain strength from it because, frankly, the dead really do speak in the books of Widener Library. No story is more relevant because its author is still alive; Melville still has a good deal to say although he's been dead for about a century...
...past, I'm trying to say, can be sustaining. I draw a certain strength from it because, frankly, the dead really do speak in the books of Widener Library. No story is more relevant because its author is still alive; Melville still has a good deal to say although he's been dead for about a century...
Former treasurer of the Kirkland House Committee Sam Yagan '99, admits that allocation of HoCo funds are "based on the whim of the people present at any particular meeting." Inevitably, committees favor certain investments: Kirkland's HoCo subsidizes the Boat Club; Cabot's Weight Room "Czar" Marty Thiry '00, requested $3,000 to refurbish the weight room, and Lowell's HoCo succeeded in extending dining hall hours. Apportioning is also made in the name of the zany and the philanthropic, from Leverett HoCo's $200 kazoo purchase for their Winter Carnival to Kirkland House's support of a dining hall...
...restoration project and the hefty $4 million price tag present us with some difficult issues. Mainly, can we be absolutely certain that the money is not needed elsewhere? It may be understandable that Harvard would like to celebrate its successful five-year capital campaign, and perhaps the reconstruction of the tower would be a powerful symbol of the campaign's success...
...restoration project and the hefty $4 million price tag present us with some difficult issues. Mainly, can we be absolutely certain that the money is not needed elsewhere? It may be understandable that Harvard would like to celebrate its successful five-year capital campaign, and perhaps the reconstruction of the tower would be a powerful symbol of the campaign's success...