Word: demandingness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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I have the highest respect for the extracurriculars here at Harvard and acknowledge that participation by students in them is an essential part of their educations. Yet to resist curricular reforms because of the impact on extracurriculars is to have the tail wag the dog. Harvard's world-class reputation...
Gregarious and invariably rumpled, Deutch, 57, appears capable of literally getting his arms around any problem. A bear of a man, 6 ft. 3 in. tall, he dominates almost any room he walks into, wrapping his thick arm around a shoulder to cajole or bully a colleague into giving him...
More than 100 people yesterday signed petitions demanding the release of four "prisoners of conscience" being held by the Chinese government.
Freeman added that the supporters of the bill in the council were not trying to change federal policy, but instead they wanted to make Harvard "more fair" by demanding that it enforce its non-discriminatory policy.
As diplomats scramble to stop the shooting, each side is demanding that the other back down. The standoff resembles a game played by children in villages throughout Lebanon. Two youngsters stand face to face, and each sticks a finger in the other one's mouth; both start biting down. The...