Word: concerned
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...frame game some Illinois authorities have allegedly been playing hits the headlines at a time of heightened national concern over aggressive law-enforcement practices. In New York City, authorities have been on the defensive since last month, when a West African street peddler named Amadou Diallo was killed by police. He died in a barrage of 41 bullets as he entered his Bronx apartment building. The police say the officers fired on Diallo because they thought he was reaching for a gun. He was unarmed...
...said the quality of life at Harvard is "everyone's concern...
Council representative Aurelio Torre '00, who drafted the bill, raised the concern that by not allowing ROTC on campus, Harvard is essentially sending a message of disapproval to students in the program...
...matters of pressing concern in Burma and China! Those are, after all, the issues which our council members were elected to address; and Capitol Hill surely awaits their pronouncement with bated breath. While neither of us is quite sure where we stand on these issues, we can't wait to see what the council decides for us on our behalf. And we're certain that action by our commanding Undergraduate Council will be not only prudent but also effective. Chinese President Jiang Zemin must be quaking in his boots...
Despite worries about being "passed over," a far greater concern voiced by nearly all of the students interviewed was the potential for being estranged from close friends or the Harvard community at large. They find the time abroad is yet another fight to develop networks of friends--like being a first-year all over again...