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Students said they enjoy debating, but many are also looking to hone their career skills...

Author: By Curtis R. Chong, | Title: Yale Wins Debate Tournament | 10/11/1994 | See Source »

...suspense around the campsites, possibly because the screenplay is not very tightly or eccentrically wound, possibly because Bacon takes his best line too literally. "I am a nice guy," he says at one point. "I'm just a different kind of nice guy." As a result, Bacon doesn't hone Wade's menace as sharply as he might. He needs to become more erratic, more dangerous, as they paddle farther and farther from civilization, but he doesn't make it all the way to psychopathy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Supermom Shoots the Rapids | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

Each will participate in a number of open meets, including the Head of the Charles and the Foot of the Charles, in order to hone their skills for later in the year...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Crews Ready for Spring Season | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

5.The Rifleman: If passed, I'd have toguess that nobody cares more about hockey atHarvard than senior Brian Farrell. I'll neverforget watching him hone his game after practice,one-timing passes methodically into a corner ofhis choice...

Author: By Darren Kilfara, | Title: Things To Remember | 6/9/1994 | See Source »

...right that conservatives do have to hone some of their more simplistic arguments when they come to Harvard, but from what I've seen, conservatives like Lat begin with the assumption that they have some hold on absolute truths, and only refine their arguments for the sake of reinforcing the beliefs that they cannot bear to relinquish, rather than to promote a dialogue which allows them to refine their understanding of the issues...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lat's Lack of Substance Typifies Conservatives More Than Liberals | 5/13/1994 | See Source »

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