Word: grand
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...account the number of students who would already be living in the Houses in the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 academic years, could not feasibly take on the burden of any more students. Could the school not even accept 12 transfer students per year? That would amount to a grand total of one additional resident of each House...
...zeal penetrates the celebratory ambiance surrounding Shirley and Edgar. By questioning the status quo she inadvertently laid the groundwork for what was to become the Environmental Protection Agency. She might tell all at the table to speak without fear, stand one’s ground and be grand in vision. Carson’s choice from the menu: activism...
...realization that we are not the culmination of history but rather a midpoint in the institution’s grand goal of apparently purchasing all the land in Massachusetts is what makes the idea of Harvard as Harvard unsettling. It begs us to question what our use or purpose is because, in the face of 5,000 years, earning power or money here and now seems rather pointless...
...sole superpower for some time. Nevertheless, the geopolitical landscape is gradually becoming a multipolar environment where China will be a key player. If Beijing tries to attain hegemony in Asia, deterring it will be more complex than simply augmenting our already-enormous defense budget. A promising grand strategy to constrain China’s growing clout might couple offshore balancing—building a partnership of other powers opposed to Chinese dominance—with an effort to counter China’s unique methods of espionage. And while there is nothing objectionable in anticipating strategic challenges, Washington should...
...rivals. Such pursuit of expertise can generate finely tuned knowledge, but it can also generate territorialism and stifle debate. For example, another faculty resident in Leverett House in 1997-98 (when I lived there as a resident scholar) was a specialist in Near Eastern religions. His grand assertion one day that Islam and Judaism are the only two truly monotheistic religions prompted me mischievously to ask why the Hebrew god is sometimes called “Elohim,” a term ending with a plural marker. He told me to shut up, because he had been studying the topic...