Word: comfortes
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...sure that all of us graduates here today share same sense of excitement, the same sense of promise of a brave new adventure, the shadow of fear, trepidation, and anxiety as we hurl ourselves out of our comfort zones,” she said...
...majority of the Druze lack this comfort. Their holy book, known as the Book of Wisdom, is not easily accessible nor is it comprehensible to the layperson. I would have to give up every aspect of my life to become a “sheikha” and be covered up from head to toe in dark clothes with a long white veil before any “sheikh” would read and explain the Book of Wisdom to me. This is not an option for me or for any Druze woman today...
People always said that the best parts of Harvard were the wonderful intellectual conversations that you would have. So far, I have yet to have any of these wonderful intellectual conversations, but I take comfort in the knowledge that the people I spend most of my time making cat noises with could, if called upon, discuss Nietzsche intelligently...
...province of religion. Similarly, reactions to the threat of terrorism represented not change that we could believe in, but rather the stasis that we feared. We were disappointed by Obama’s renewal of the Patriot Act, a bill whose overwhelming Congressional support was cause for alarm, not comfort, as the legislation remains an infraction against freedom. The bill represented and still represents an unnecessary forfeiture of a Supreme Court-affirmed right to privacy...
...binge before going to a party rather than drink socially at the party itself. The school’s relatively new amnesty policy, which protects ill students and those who escort them to Stillman from disciplinary action, is a good one. But even if it is only this newfound comfort that is pushing the number of alcohol-related admissions steadily upward, the College ought to be more innovative with how it combats the particularly dangerous drinking culture...