Word: favor
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...Conversely, what are the most persuasive arguments in favor of human enhancement? There are intellectual arguments, but on a gut level, what is most persuasive for me personally is comparing the best times of my life with the worst times. The difference is pretty big. So I ask, Why can't it be like the best times more often? Then I observe that there are all kinds of biological constraints that make this difficult or impossible. Some form of enhancement would be needed to mitigate these constraints...
...rally, the Harvard contingent was particularly boisterous during a speech by Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, who has not publicly come out in favor of a public health insurance option. Harvard students were among the first to begin a chant of “Public option: do we have your vote?” that eventually drowned out the Congressman’s speech and led him to leave the microphone...
...exercise program, that nutrition is 50% of the target. For years we have been told how to exercise but not how to eat better foods. There is another factor, and it is cultural. In a country where all-you-can-eat offers are everywhere, portion control is derided in favor of what is seen as a birthright: to eat big. America needs not just to exercise but to eat less and better foods. Waldo Martin, FRANKFURT, GERMANY...
...particular we executed our penalty corners, where we scored two of our goals.” Keating proved to be one of the most aggressive competitors, getting into the action on most of the Crimson’s scoring chances. Minutes after her first goal, the forward returned the favor of an easy set-up by finding freshman Emma Keller in the middle of the circle. Keller did not waste the opportunity, firing a low shot past Casey on the right side for her first collegiate goal. Sophomore Allie Kimmel followed five minutes later with her first career goal...
...this country through a difficult time,” said Colin J. Motley ’10, president of the Harvard Republican Club. “But from what I’ve observed, there’s a tendency in the work of the Roosevelt Institution to favor government intervention in the economy and other things that might make it difficult for conservative students to become involved in the organization...