Word: conscious
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...lead to an arrest. The public release of the text of the Unabomber's writings led to his brother coming forward after he recognized the phrasing of certain sentences, and now that authorities are afraid the Bishop may be escalating his tactics, they are making a conscious effort to get details of the case out to the public...
...number of tangible suggestions that are in the process already of being implemented or could be implemented. I think it will also generate discussion. I’m very struck by the kind of imagination that it demonstrated in that report about ways to make us more conscious about our teaching and how to set up structured that will inspire people to be the best teachers that they...
...King. As in Stephen King's son. You won't find this on the jacket of Hill's first novel, Heart-Shaped Box (Morrow; 384 pages), nor is it in any of the press materials. This reflects a very principled stance that Hill and his publisher have taken, a conscious decision not to milk Hill's patrimony for publicity, and which I am now helping to ruin. They are right to do this, and I am wrong to use it for the sake of a good opening paragraph. There are only two things worth saying about Hill's distinguished ancestry...
...tradition of competing with Yale, and also to challenge MIT. “[Shooting] requires a lot of thought, concentration, and practice...[Harvard students] can easily pick up [shooting] recreationally,” he said. The Harvard Shooting Club has about 25 members, thanks to safety-conscious recruiting efforts like a club-sponsored Harvard/Yale tailgate. It should be operative this week. Perese encourages those interested, regardless of experience, to join. In the future, perhaps the number of shots fired by Harvard might rival the number of shots fired in New Haven...
...socially conscious, boycotting students show that there are some Americans who are willing to pay a little bit more for their luxuries instead of bearing the costs of exploitation. Such consumers can work with corporations to develop an understanding by which products may be more expensive but some of the profits will be used to fix the objectionable practices. Companies like Starbucks provide an additional service, i.e. supporting fair trade coffee for a greater cost which its consumers are willing to pay. Such a negotiation should be the ultimate goal of boycotts...