Word: gladding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...deferral hanging over their heads for four months before any positive news can mitigate the bad hardly contributes to less chaos during senior year. Stress for everyone is lessened and—more importantly—evened out across all applicants with a single notification date. Ultimately, we are glad that Harvard—and now Princeton and the University of Virginia—are taking this bold step. The status quo is simply not good enough. Applicants to Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, and the like come disproportionately from private schools and wealthy backgrounds. For the most disadvantaged students, the complexities...
...need to prevent unwanted pregnancies, but asserted that women should have a right to choose. Firenze, a political neophyte, stumbled at times and seemed glued to her legal pad—in contrast to the more-polished Bronwnsberger, a former prosecutor. “I’m glad it’s over,” Firenze said, “but I’m looking forward to the next...
...campus. Our friends are there, our Muslim brothers and sisters are there. That’s what keeps drawing people in—the family feeling, the community feeling.” Others said the holiday made the transition to college easier. “I’m glad that Ramadan started two weeks after Harvard started. It sort of eases you in,” said Batool Z. Ali ’10. Tellawi described Ramadan as a “time to work on personal character” when Muslims focus on charity and reading the Koran...
...that the issue was not Iran’s right to have nuclear weapons, but human rights,” Carter said. However, Ahmadinejad “returned to his set position,” according to Carter, and did not respond. Nonetheless, Carter said he was glad he had the opportunity to “take a measure of the man who presents such a problem for U.S. foreign policy.” Carter added that the Iranian leader’s attitude may possibly change with time. Even though Ahmadinejad clashed with council members, Dillon Professor of Government...
...glad that your astronomy cover story about the first stars [Sept. 4] dealt with what we astronomers really do rather than the mere semantic debate over whether Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet. Michael Lemonick wonderfully conveyed the feel of using a big telescope and showed how astronomers work together, observing in different parts of the spectrum to gain a complete picture of that early stage of our universe. Jay M. Pasachoff Director, Hopkins Observatory Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts...