Word: chores
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...some of us this amounts to joining the hordes of eager rowers on the Charles or meeting prominent political figures; for others, it is the opportunity to start up our own Shakespeare company. But there is more. There are the classes which make falling out of bed not a chore but a welcomed awakening. There are those professors who in their eccentric personalities and plaid bowties invite you to their office hours and beg you to stay and chat...
...states. That's what the 10th Amendment commands, he says as he yanks a copy from his shirt pocket. "You don't make the mistake of misstating the Constitution," he explains, reading the 28 words he knows by heart. The move to the pocket is practiced but still a chore, and the audience notices. "I can't get stuff out of my pants pockets," Dole says later. "That's why I keep it in my shirt," along with a spare five- or 10-dollar bill...
...grimaced, he swallowed, he hesitated--and then, glumly, reluctantly, he took Arafat by the hand. Here he was making history, yet he could not simply play the euphoric part that the TV cameras were assigning him. He was, it seemed, performing a difficult but necessary chore. Typically, he made no effort to make his feelings appear anything other than the conflicted jumble they undoubtedly were. "Of all the hands in the world, it was not the hand I wanted or even dreamed of touching," he said, attesting to the fact that to achieve peace, one must sometimes swallow hard. There...
...Applications, the vast majority of them frivolous. The less obvious side-effect, though, is that Harvard is effectively lowering its standards for admission. The quest for diversity should not consist of recruiting those who, absent the Common Application, would view applying to Harvard as too much of a chore. If that is considered elitism, then by all means, Harvard should be elitist...
...become an integral part of a student's education and more than just a chore, the Core needs to improve itself and adhere to its original philosophy. Simply, the Core needs to increase the number of offerings to keep students' best interests at heart...