Word: dependability
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Unfortunately for all the undergraduates disappointed about losing the UC Party Fund, a college administration doesn’t depend on popular will for legitimacy. Instead, Harvard’s governors derive their authority from the fact that all of us have consented to come here to learn and to enter into a system where we don’t make the rules but are expected to follow them. When Ryan Petersen boldly cries out, “I refuse to accept that this is a faculty and administrator’s world!” he rails against...
...while those people who grew up in Australia or America are here," a Taliban veteran told Time. "For us as Muslims, the first priority is Islam and second is our land. Both are in danger from the infidels and their puppet Afghan government." The outcome of the struggle may depend as much on willpower as it does on killing power...
...against the Big Red, head coach Tim Murphy could not depend on his kicker to split the uprights...
...academics—especially those responsible for President Ahmadinejad’s invitation to Columbia—should not take their precious privileges for granted. Nearly all universities depend heavily on federal disbursements. And if universities persist with such controversial publicity stunts, then, some time in the future, Mr. Hunter’s sentiment may find sufficient agreement in Congress. Prudence would dictate not to rouse a sleeping giant just to be controversial...
...else, are necessarily inexplicable. No one can account for the intrinsic irrationality of existence (the fact of our general good fortune vis-à-vis the fact of others’ enormous suffering, for example). Similarly, we can never escape the reality that our assumptions, arguments, and interpretations all depend on the specific environment that nurtures...