Word: generous
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Canada, to wage an unconventional war on drugs. Just two miles north and a world apart from Buxton's office is a 10-square-block area known as Downtown Eastside, where a shifting population of some 5,000 addicts huddle together, drawn to Vancouver for its relatively mild climate, generous social services and easy access to street drugs. The area also boasts the highest concentration of HIV and hepatitis-C cases in North America; more than 80% of its drug users test positive for hepatitis...
...It’s not a bad record. I hope people don’t need to hear a 50 Cent guest verse or Nate Dogg hook on “Back Again” before they start calling into radio stations for it. But even the most generous fans can no longer consider this underground rap. Evidence talked about reestablishing “our sound, our identity” with “20/20,” but where Dilated Peoples should be confident, they just sound uncomfortable...
Happily, more frequently one finds these pages filled with practical and convenient information accompanied by a generous sprinkling of entertaining stories...
...little gestures—maintaining a relationship with Hillel, for instance, and lighting a menorah with Chabad. Summers attended Shabbat 1000, which drew 600 people to Annenberg Hall on February 10 for a mass celebration of beginning the sabbath.“He’s always been very generous concerning Harvard’s Jewish community,” says Chabad executive director Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi.“IN EFFECT, IF NOT IN INTENT”In September 2002, Summers answered a growing chorus of voices who had for months demanded that Harvard divest from companies doing business...
...name” universities such as Princeton, Georgetown, and that other institution down in New Haven—the one with the bad football team.So why did Cheek get left outside the gates of the Ivory Tower? Isn’t an intriguing, sociable, and generous Olympian just the kind of student Byerly Hall looks for?For the purposes of analysis, let’s break down Cheek into three component parts: his fame and intrigue, his kindness and generosity, and his academic and extracurricular value to the Harvard community.When it comes to fame, the speedskater ranks among...