Word: interpretative
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...those of us who earn our bread at Harvard—in other words, those of us who are in a position to distinguish between the reality of this complex situation and the knee-jerk hysteria that surrounds it—it is hard to interpret the post-resignation public defenses of Summers as anything but angry, reactionary pessimism. Indeed, we should remember that “political correctness” was a concept invented by conservatives to malign progressive attempts to democratize and diversify the academy and to make higher education more hospitable to a broader range of people...
...Mansfield said that women are more contextual and observant, though they sometimes over-interpret, while men are oblivious...
...help us navigate what is often bewildering territory. Although Herren’s sound is immediately appealing, it often takes several listens to begin to understand what is going on. In the end, though, this music is made for dancing; while our brains may not be able to interpret Herren’s songs right away, our feet and hips can. Of all the album’s divergent strengths, its greatest is the ability to pack the sum of its parts into a single kinetic flow...
...McCain, saying Democrats would pursue their own ethics bill rather than joining a bill created by McCain's bipartisan task force. In a letter this week, the Arizona Senator blasted Obama. "I?m embarrassed to admit that after all these years in politics," McCain wrote, "I failed to interpret your previous assurances as typical rhetorical gloss routinely used in politics to make self-interested partisan posturing appear more noble." At a Senate hearing yesterday, Obama and McCain put aside their differences to push for lobbying reform proposals. McCain's bill would allow the Senate to vote to eliminate earmarks...
...that tools like Facebook are designed, and people have an expectation for how the tools are going to be used,” he says. “Unfortunately, when you project that kind of information in a public domain, everyone gets a chance to read it and interpret it.”NEVER DELETEDNick A. Noyer ’09 isn’t worried about using his FAS email. “I think when you’re corresponding via e-mail, it’s similar to a phone conversation or anything like that unless you?...