Word: dares
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...have simply been one man’s existential crisis, but I knew at the time that there was much more to it than that. His questions felt like a challenge to all of us, a bold dare to once again ask some critical questions of ourselves and our university...
...country... planting bombs here and there." But Siniora says that his government is determined to push forward with the tribunal as well as uproot the Islamist faction with alleged Syrian links at the center of the Tripoli fighting to prove Lebanon's independence. "Otherwise," he said, "everybody can dare to slap us on the face." The message "to all criminals or those who are against the state," he added, would be "that they can continue committing crimes and there is impunity." A major benefit of the tribunal, Siniora says, is that more witnesses may be willing to provide evidence...
...They consider that it is a threat against their regime. If I want to please this, and please that, I am not going to please anybody. I tell my own people that there are certain principles that are worth [holding] fast and trying to defend them. Otherwise, everybody can dare to slap us on the face. We have to prove that this is a country, this is a sovereign state, this is an independent one, we [want the state to prevail] all over Lebanon, and... having a democratic and free country. Those who have not been voting for the tribunal...
...dare to hope. The dwindling dream of a successful general education still lies entirely in its implementation, which is in the hands of the new Standing Committee on general education. Although this will allow the system to stray from its original purpose in the long run, the committee’s blank check will empower them to make substantial changes in implementing the new system...
...would not. Pop-rock group OK Go’s appearance last night was billed as a “Battle of the Bands,” but instead of making music, the group famous for dancing on treadmills was challenged to a game of “Double Dare.” The event, hosted by the Harvard Lampoon—a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine—was less a musical clash than a nostalgia trip. The four members of OK Go competed against...