Word: commonness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...problem with this kind of statistical fetishism is not the craven dishonesty. Lieberman does not care a whit about the national debt, of course, but political disingenuousness is too common to provoke real outrage. The danger lies in the systemic politeness that allows it to fester. Politicians who embrace this amoralism deserve rebuke from their leaders, not the nonchalance with which the Democratic leadership met Lieberman’s actions. And those like Grayson who challenge it deserve better than to hear their moral seriousness condemned as madness...
...idea of the book is to persuade readers, participants, and students that the convictions and opinions that we have, that we care about, rest on some of the big ideas about justice and the common good that philosophers have explored,” Sandel said...
...current UC, however, has taken steps to change this with the new Student Initiated Programming Fund. Introduced last semester, the SIP Fund will allow upperclassmen of legal drinking age to apply for retroactive grants of $200 for student events—which can be parties—in House common spaces...
There are many distinctions between the old Party Fund system and the new SIP grants. Whereas money from the Party Fund could be used for private suite parties, SIP Fund events must take place in House common spaces. This makes them easier to monitor and also opens them to all the students in the neighborhood in which the event is taking place. Encouraging students to host social events in already existing common spaces like grilles or JCRs will make the most of the present options while the College looks at how to expand common spaces...
...Monday morning, the Boston Police roused scores of sleeping protesters—including several Harvard students and top NASA climate scientist James E. Hansen—from their tents pitched on Boston Common, asking them to ready their identification cards...