Word: honest
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...laugh and at the same time realize the disturbing truths of adolescent life and our education system. Maybe it’s not such a bad thing to laugh and be slightly offended at the same time. Although “political correctness” came about as an honest means to protect each other, we, in America, have created a culture crippled by its own over-sensitivity. It’s difficult to fix problems that we are afraid to look at. Though our countries are on opposite sides of the world, we can still trace the common ancestry...
...more delicate.”But Lewis believes that poetry also has a meaning beyond the individual poet; it resonates physically within an individual and politically within a society.“If we don’t have language that’s robust and honest on the political level, we get sick as a society,” Lewis says. “Poetry shows language at its most eloquent, and the whole of society needs it.” Now at Harvard, Lewis is excited about her tenure as a Radcliffe Institute Fellow, and the chance...
...together with its fellow citizens to discover how an expanding Harvard campus and an urban neighborhood can live side-by-side in harmony and to their mutual benefit. But before any of this can happen, Harvard must turn from its aloof stance and willingly join its fellow stakeholders in honest and open discussions about the goals and challenges posed by this expansion...
...understand the frustration. But you can see the scale of the problem, and we're just trying to manage these realities and these operational dilemmas. The expectations of what we can do are a problem. We cannot meet them at this stage. I would be less than honest if I said we can guarantee the protection of every civilian. We were brought in as a peacekeeping force, and we have now had to take on some dimensions of peace enforcement. Self-protection is part of the soldiers' motivation - and that's the right of every armed force. But [MONUC forces...
...honest with you, Cornell’s the toughest team in the league to generate offense against,” Fraser said. “They always have three guys back, and so the only way to get offense going is to get the puck deep and get a cycle going...