Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...newly named fellows, selected from a pool of more than 70 applicants, will research issues related to ethics in their respective fields and take part in a seminar on ethical issues common to all professions, according to a written University statement...
Harvard's defense is generally regarded as the team's strong suit. But, as common wisdom has it, the best defense is a good offense. And for 24 minutes yesterday, Harvard's offense failed to score...
...night. He was warm and witty and he charmed a standing-room-only crowd at the Nightstage club in Central Square. This peculiar visitor from another time and place came not to terrorize and pillage, but to deliver a strange and wonderful philosophy made up of equal parts hope, common sense and baseball lore. This Spaceman is running for the Presidency of the United States...
Despite their diverse plans of study, the British scholars say they have all noticed several ways in which a Harvard education differs from their common British educational background...
Aside from their interest in science, these students have something else in common. Over the past three years, each of them has heard comment like "Oh, you're in physics, you must be a brain" or "Why didn't you go to MIT instead of Harvard?" or "I didn't know that Harvard had an engineering department." Coming from Harvard students, supposedly known for their well-roundedness, these remarks sound closed-minded and inane...