Word: devotee
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A Kennedy School affiliate involved with the center’s oversight, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Summers has antagonized some of the center’s faculty associates. “I think it’s a blessing and a curse that Larry considers himself a...
Many, like Forbess, attend the Summer School so that they can devote the entirety of their days to one, sometimes two, difficult courses that, if taken during term-time, would eat away large chunks of their time, stunting their academic, extracurricular, and social lives (not to mention sleep schedules).
And then there are students who attend the Summer School with hopes of raising their GPAs, because they believe both that they can devote more time to their coursework than during the school year and that they find themselves competing against high-school and non-Harvard College students.
Youth courts devote attention to infractions that busy juvenile and family courts tend to handle perfunctorily. "Referring kids [to peer courts] lets us do more than just slap them on the wrist," says Patrice Lockart, a victim specialist with the Colonie police department. The experience is also more attuned to...
A striking number of the girls here are aspiring actresses—in other words, waitresses. Just yesterday at dinner, a group of girls applauded their friend for finally quitting her menial day job in order to devote her entire day to searching for gigs. Then there are the fashionistas...