Word: distinctives
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...Gates is probably under no illusions about the limitations he faces. He once told TIME that people who go to work at the White House pass through two distinct stages of astonishment. At first, they are amazed at what the place can do. But then they are quickly disillusioned by what it cannot accomplish. Putting an Iraqi exit plan in front of the President will be relatively simple. Winning Bush's full support may be harder. And executing it in a country where strategic planning is almost an oxymoron may prove beyond any man's--or any White House...
Forming a cohesive picture of sexism on campus is difficult because individuals’ personal experiences are patchy—some have direct knowledge of assault or discrimination; others have neither heard of nor seen such incidents. As a result, students are cut into two distinct groups: those who believe sexism to be an overwhelming blight on College social life, and those who are convinced the issue is one made up by zealous “feminazis” who argue that all “penetration is violation...
...deem it. According to University of Utah Professor of Pediatrics, Human Genetics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology John M. Opitz in his 2003 testimony to the President’s Council on Bioethics, 60 to 80 percent of embryos (i.e. unique fusions of genes from mother and father that encode distinct human beings) simply never develop further. They are either flushed out of the mother’s system without implanting into the uterine wall or are voided because of chromosomal abnormalities. Of this immense number of failed embryos, roughly half do not have gross genetic errors, and in fact carry...
...succeed the Core. We’ve been looking for a liberal arts identity to fit the 21st century. The Preliminary Report of the Task Force on General Education suggested as much when it proposed, “a new rationale for general education at Harvard, one that is distinct from the rationale for the present Core Curriculum.” For the most part, the Task Force likes what it has but needs a more convincing justification for the status quo. Perhaps we need something more revolutionary, though at Harvard a dramatic change seems unlikely. One of the initial...
...heed their will, even while the state enjoys a budget surplus. Although he has not specifically stated that he will raise taxes, Patrick has refused to sign the “no new taxes” pledge, leaving voters to suspect that a tax hike would be a distinct possibility under his administration...