Word: heartlessly
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...contributions, Harvard is already making a statement, loud and clear, that it is part of the national and the international community. Any extra money on the side will hurt Harvard more than it will help those in need.It is impossible to defeat every counterargument to my proposal without seeming heartless. Every student, including me, would forfeit $3 million for a pub in Loker Commons to save five thousand lives in Niger, if it were that simple. The point, however, is that Harvard’s contribution, even $250,000 of it, is a drop in the bucket compared to both...
...mail explicitly instructed students NOT (in capital letters) to attempt to assist their disabled peers in the event of an emergency. Immediately after the directive was disseminated, House e-mail lists lit up with students alternately deeming the policy immoral and necessary. On its face, the policy may seem heartless. But it is the best way for Harvard as an institution to ensure the safety of its students and protect itself from liability. Policy or no policy, students will always make their own individual choices depending on the situation. The directive is clearly extremely unfortunate, but it also has legitimate...
...empty husk of special interests, a coalition of hungry lobbyists looking for corporate handouts and Senators at the trough of pork-barrel politics. Most conservatives never liked Bush’s hallmark “compassionate conservatism” catchphrase—does it mean that real conservatism is heartless?—but there was always hope that somewhere, buried beneath the steel tariffs and bloated highway bills, there was a core of actual philosophy...
Some Gloucestermen bitterly blame their plight on the insurance companies, whom they perceive as greedy and heartless. But many concede that the premium jumps are justified. "In a way," says Joseph Giacalone, 52, whose 74-ft. St. Peter, built in 1927, is one of the oldest boats in the fleet, "I guess you could say that the fishermen, or at least some of them, brought this on themselves...
Unfortunately, the documentary leaves the viewer feeling that he’s only heard half the story. Of all the insiders interviewed, not one comes from the Lay or Skilling camps. The company’s top dogs are simplistically characterized as completely brutal, heartless, and immature...