Word: fitful
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...that same principle must apply to Muslim perceptions of America. Just as Muslims do not fit a crude stereotype, America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. The United States has been one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known. We were born out of revolution against an empire. We were founded upon the ideal that all are created equal, and we have shed blood and struggled for centuries to give meaning to those words - within our borders, and around the world. We are shaped by every culture, drawn from every...
...Likewise, it is important for Western countries to avoid impeding Muslim citizens from practicing religion as they see fit - for instance, by dictating what clothes a Muslim woman should wear. We cannot disguise hostility towards any religion behind the pretence of liberalism...
...principle. “We’ve given almost no carrots to dispense, and the only stick we’ve been given is to refuse proposals, which we don’t like to do unless it’s obvious that they don’t fit the Gen Ed mandate,” says Gen Ed committee member Edward J. Hall, who adds that he wishes that the body had the money to give professors summer stipends to create new courses. Since more classes still need to be developed, the Gen Ed committee will not allow...
...Rose ’11, a member of Ameer’s committee, says that though this application process is “reasonable” for next year, he hopes the committee will support the idea of allowing student group-led programming, which he says “fit in with the goal of public service” espoused by Faust and would “cost the College very little.” This possibility aligns with the initial vision of the Conley committee, according to Minkoff, who says that the group backed student-led initiatives?...
...before we went and raised money from people,” though she added that this is standard practice at Harvard. With markets deteriorating, Shore, Harvard’s CFO, says that by the fall, it was clear “the old capital plan didn’t fit the new reality, so we basically started fresh from the ground up—what are the projects we need to do, what are our priorities.”According to Christopher M. Gordon, chief operating officer for Harvard’s Allston Development Group, planners methodically examined...