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...fact that someone can free-solo a rock face or balloon half-way around the world is immensely impressive, but it’s not strictly necessary. And because it’s not necessary, it’s not heroic. Society would continue to function quite well if no one ever climbed another mountain,” he writes...
...well past time to heed the demands of students for a physical center of campus life—a student center. A student center would be a living, breathing center of campus life where students could come together in an inviting and social space. A student center would function as a center of extracurricular and entertainment activity on campus...
...play well, I’m happy. If I play a hand poorly, it haunts me...literally. I’ll have nightmares,” he admits. “Sometimes it would be hard to go on with my life. I couldn’t function. I would spend every waking and sleeping hour going over that hand, trying to decide what I should have done. Those decisions are so important that you think about them all the time. It’s totally depressing...
...nation’s insurance companies were to fail due to the attack, America’s economic infrastructure would be similarly jeopardized. In giving direct aid, Congress’s mission is not to redress all wrongs, but to make sure the U.S. economy continues to function...
...noted that it was still unclear if the office would only function as an advisory body to the president—like the National Security Council—or would actually supervise anti-terrorism activities...