Word: commiting
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...there is a difference between doing things that are morally wrong, like lying and gossiping, and outright breaking the law. I understand that even though we are all guilty of minor moral lapses, we should still judge, condemn and punish those who commit pernicious crimes such as rape, murder, and theft. The question is whether someone who committed plagiarism is worthy of moral condemnation, and if so, to what extent...
...pair of rubber gloves from an ambulance while a emergency medical technician (EMT) aided a sick student inside Currier House. The student, Thomas E. Rodger ’08 of Dunster House, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering into a motor vehicle with the intent to commit a felony and disorderly conduct, according to Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) spokesman Steven G. Catalano. Rodger, 20, told The Crimson yesterday that his charges had been dismissed. “The whole thing was blown out of proportion,” he said. “And the actions were...
...outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War. At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, he urged antiwar protesters not to commit acts of violence against members of the National Guard. "Just remember, they're draft dodgers just like you are," he recalled saying...
When it was time to raise her three children, my mother—a Harvard graduate, an attorney, and a self-proclaimed feminist—decided to quit working to commit herself full-time to motherhood. A few years later, she returned to work part-time, allowing her to keep her foot in the door as a partner in a law firm, lobby for environmental causes, and volunteer at my siblings’ elementary school. Far from abandoning personal happiness for childrearing, she, like many women, found motherhood fulfilling—a choice that too many feminists view...
Those who decide to commit themselves full-time to mothering, will not have to worry about whether their nannies are smacking the kids while they’re at the office; instead they will constantly be reminded that they are wasting their Harvard degrees. Their working friends from college will assume they lead boring lives. They’ll be brushed off and seldom thanked for their hard work raising their children...