Word: dearth
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Despite high-profile College initiatives in recent years to construct these campus-wide social spaces—including the Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub and the Student Organization Center at Hilles—there remains a dearth of such venues that aim to accommodate large-scale extracurricular and social events...
Conclusion: The dearth of the gas mask industry in the Square is not only surprising, but also just wrong. Without this useful--not to mention fashionable--piece of safety equipment, Harvardians are continually exposed to a myriad of deadly diseases. And yet, when asked if he would wear a gas mask to avoid swine flu, one freshman said, “I’ll take my chances.” The ignorance towards gas masks will have consquences. Don’t come crying to FlyBy when you get that cough, we will be safe and sound behind...
...extremely negative consequence of the way ROTC has been treated by Harvard and other elite institutions is the dearth of ROTC students at these schools. The ROTC program at Harvard used to boast over 1000 participants; now there are only 29. These numbers are disturbing. Our society should encourage students from the institutions at the pinnacle of higher education to take part in sharing in the sacrifice of serving...
...referencing the expectation that the SCR might foster lasting faculty-student relationships. Yet a majority of students and SCR-affiliated members of the Harvard community alike said this goal remains largely unfulfilled. They pointed to a lack of student participation at SCR events and a general dearth of understanding of its function.“In theory, it’s a great idea to provide undergraduates with access to professionals with career advice,” Mather House resident tutor Joseph S. Ronayne ’92 said.He added that the reality of Harvard residential life diverges from this...
...Sudan, Somalia and Afghanistan are without humanitarian assistance because it has become too dangerous to operate there," says Peter Buth of the emergency team of Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Holland. "It is incredibly frustrating." The surge in attacks, says the ODI report, "highlights the dearth of viable options to keep staff secure in the most volatile contexts, where humanitarian aid is most needed...