Word: depth
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...contracts are incredibly complicated, a thousand pages and more, and all in English," says Franz-Reinhard Habbel, spokesman for the Federation of German Cities and Municipalities. "Many cities were just out of their depth and unable to understand them...
...Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, Harvard’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. The undergraduate honor society, whose stated goal is to encourage “scholarship, friendship, and cultural interests,” admits students based on factors such as the variety of their course loads and the depth of their intellectual endeavors. The application process includes submitting two letters of recommendation, which the society recommends be written by faculty members at the University. The inducted students said that they were very pleased with their prestigious achievement. “I’m extremely honored...
...this, this weather.”Despite the weather, Cao has been taking Harvard by storm, winning her fourth consecutive match in the No. 4 singles spot last Saturday when the team beat Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. Cao, along with the other freshmen on the team, has provided depth and sparked the Crimson to a much-improved 9-7 overall and 2-0 Ivy record this season.“Holly is really a warm, caring, and fun, easy-going young woman,” Harvard coach Traci Green said. “She’s a great student...
...trolls and dismissed. More often than not, this is merited. But trolls and non-trolls alike suffer from the lack of discussion. As our conversation becomes more and more purposeless and self-referential and less and less about persuasion and fleshing out ideas through dialogue, we risk losing depth of thought for good. If we want to escape this dire fate, one thing is clear: We need to talk...
...back to the 1930’s, I think there’s little doubt that dramatic increases in tariff in the United States made that depression much deeper, and left a legacy that took us decades to remove,” he said. Lawrence added that despite the depth of the global recession, he remained optimistic about the decisions that national leaders have made about trade. “Almost every global leader has pledged to avoid protectionist actions and I think that reflects a change in intellectual mindset,” he said. The event, organized...