Word: honored
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...Hamieh received expensive presents in return from his grateful clients. One gift was a brand-new Porsche which Hamieh, unaware of the car's status value, blithely destroyed in a matter of days by driving it over rugged dirt tracks to visit his poppy fields. He has the dubious honor of being the only Lebanese on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of international narcotics "kingpins." Although Hamieh says he retired years ago, he still occasionally receives foreign drug traffickers hoping to entice him back to his old ways. "The police are always watching me, but I can't help...
...next two weeks will force Kovacs to shift his focus back to team regattas, helping him hone his skills on the water a few more times before he takes one final stab at the top honor in all of individual collegiate sailing...
...should be an intimate place that fosters discussion and critical thinking rather than rote memorization, which is the default teaching method in much of the region. But more important is the school's effort to create an environment where learning takes place outside the classroom - through athletics, community service, honor codes and an expectation that students become leaders in everyday life. The school also plans to bring a new diversity to campus. The current class members come from countries across the Middle East, but although there are no Westerners now, the school hopes to eventually attract students from...
...disagreements between University Hall and the UC, and were thrown in the middle of an argument over a minor issue that does not display the students here in the best light. Our student representatives should learn that moaning about denial of citizenship during an event meant to honor President Faust at what is arguably the most privileged university in the world is unbecoming...
...actually alive during this golden age of true elegance, we pine for it no less strenuously, and wish HUDS would devote its superfluous expenditures to recreating Harvard’s classic gold coast experience rather than to installing newfangled machines. If we’re to truly honor the second Gilded Age in which we live, HUDS should put away the television monitors and kiosks and break out the gold leafing and bowties...