Word: lauded
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However, Summers’ plan does not go far enough. This new program will simply level the playing field, since many other schools—including Yale and Brown—offer similar scholarship grants. Although we can laud ourselves for finally catching up with our competitors, Harvard—with its enormous endowment—ought to be in the business of leading the pack where financial aid is concerned...
...should laud the Institute of Politics’ (IOP) new initiative to expand nationally. This is just another commendable way the IOP is trying to realize its mission of fostering political activism in college students. The IOP is already replete with dinners, speakers and substantive events at which Harvard students can discuss serious issues in a productive way. Programs invite students to engage in weekly and informal discussions on pressing political issues. Student-lead policy groups develop detailed policy proposals that have even been presented in Washington in the past. The IOP lets world leaders speak directly to students about...
Republicans and Democrats both laud the new department, which will control 22 different government agencies, including the Border Patrol and the Coast Guard. The cabinet-level department is intended to bridge the gap between protection and intelligence. This restructuring is the most significant change to the executive branch of the federal government since Harry S. Truman created the Department of Defense...
...order two martinis (both $9.50)—a Green Goose (Grey Goose orange, Cointreau, splash of sour apple, sugar rim) and a Chocolate Cherry (Stoli vanilla, Kahlua, amaretto, crème de cocoa, dash of grenadine). We laud the smooth, mellow acidity of the first and are revolted by the cluttered confusion of the second. Vanilla, coffee, almond, chocolate and red fruits jostling for attention? What a garbled gimmick...
Wouldn’t watching more baseball lead to better statistical insight? Maybe, but while most sabermetricians laud modern teams who make decisions based on better statistical information, Morris waxes nostalgic for the days when batting average was still taken seriously. Contemporary baseball makes him, like many other fans, mad. “It’s gotten out of hand,” he gripes. “Salaries have gone up by 100 times and teams are still only winning one-half their games. The really big money and big seats go to corporations, and you get away...