Word: honest
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...select team of students to the national debate championship. In reality, Wiley competed against the University of Southern California for the national title; in the film, the small college goes up against Harvard. Why the change in schools? “Harvard just sounded better, to be quite honest,” says Washington.In addition to its message concerning the power of the spoken word, the film’s casting of young actors also appealed to Washington. Having grown up in and worked for the Boys and Girls Club and the YMCA, Washington insists that, if he were...
...Motorcycle?” Between Hawking and Gore, it seems like there’s a conspiracy to mix education and children’s gifts. This book operates under the theory that if it’s shiny enough, I’ll buy it. Which, to be honest, is a pretty good assumption. Between the silver front and the back cover’s picture of three kids and a pig running through space, I’m ready to get a copy for every single one of my 15 cousins...
...Places like Harvard and elsewhere historically have tended to be very comfortable,” Reeve said. “But now, we are in a competitive environment not only domestically but internationally, which is good because it keeps us honest even though it makes life harder...
...schedule of thesis writing, job hunting, and extracurricular commitments. She is now in remission. Alford’s cherishes her ability to spur change and influence her peers. “I’m a person who’s always speaking out, always giving my honest opinion—which sometimes gets me into trouble,” Alford says. “That’s who I always want to be: the person at the mic drawing attention to things I think are important...
...about an experienced kayaker drowning on a day when the sea was, in the words of one member of the rescue effort, "smooth as a millpond." Even before it emerged that the Darwins had reunited in Panama, his aunt, Margaret Burns, 80, told the Evening Standard newspaper, "To be honest I don't believe he ever got wet." She may be right...