Word: contradicting
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Finally, the reporter for the story, Fahrenthold, is a first-year comper, who told me that he felt uncomfortable writing the story and doesn't want to cover such material in the future. This seemed to contradict The Crimson's recently instituted diversity program which included among its stated goals the assignment of sensitive stories to experienced reporters...
Harvard students are a very diverse group, whether we are talking about political leanings or favorite clothing catalogues. Many of us are out to contradict real or perceived images of the Harvard Student, a figure passed down in high school lore by people whose contact with Harvard students was a Crimson Key tour and a round of Yard gawking, or a U.S. News and World Report headline. Maybe that is why the genuine article is so arresting--because we aren't walking CD-ROMs or obsessive newsmongers. The distance isn't a real one; all that separates us from...
...year decline. We couldn't agree more with Stengel! There is, indeed, a hidden revolution of citizen involvement that's not reflected in the declining membership rolls of traditional civic groups. But the media typically fail to report on the new forms of civic participation that contradict Putnam's notion of waning social capital. A vast universe of American public life, including citizen-based initiatives in health care, education, government, the media, race relations, economic life and much more--remains largely invisible. The notion of citizen withdrawal from public life feeds on itself: if we accept the notion that others...
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to slow the withdrawal of his troops from the town of Hebron, the last occupied town in the West Bank. His proposal will contradict part of the Israel-PLO autonomy accord agreed to by PLO leader Yasser Arafat and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai will present the proposal, which calls for Israeli troops to continue to patrol both the streets of Hebron and the corridor between Hebron and the nearby Israeli town of Kiryat Arba, gradually pulling out if no violence occurs. An Israeli government spokesman said the plan...
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to slow the withdrawal of his troops from the town of Hebron, the last occupied town in the West Bank. His proposal will contradict part of the Israel-PLO autonomy accord agreed to by PLO leader Yasser Arafat and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai will present the proposal, which calls for Israeli troops to continue to patrol both the streets of Hebron and the corridor between Hebron and the nearby Israeli town of Kiryat Arba, gradually pulling out if no violence occurs. An Israeli government spokesman said the plan...