Word: listener
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...take the time to peruse the MIT course catalog and do not pursue academic interests beyond the gates of Harvard. For science and engineering concentrators this is all but unforgivable. Nobel laureates, inventors, scientists and engineers of all stripes are actively disseminating cutting-edge knowledge to all who will listen just blocks away, and almost everyone here seems to ignore it. Maybe Harvard’s future scientists could use a little more of the pre-professional attitude shared by their financially oriented peers...
...should appreciate the women on the shoulders of whom we stand—women who said the same thing that we said many years later,” Ginsburg said. “But we said it at a time when society was willing to listen...
...makes no sense to me that it would be somehow unpatriotic to look beyond our borders for enlightenment,” Ginsburg said. “I have often said, ‘If we don’t listen, we won’t be listened...
...locales. This allows him to prove he can write songs that convey themes of frustration and redemption to people who don’t have an English degree and a map. The lyrics aren’t as fun to pore over, but the songs are more fun to listen to. “Stay Positive” may not be The Hold Steady’s smartest or most unique album, but it showcases a band that is continually evolving in several directions. The slower songs are more serious and sinister, but the faster, harder pop songs are surely...
...China is a country in which social protests go unreported and family members routinely and quietly disappear. The longer I was there, the more the Fonz started to look like Sid Vicious.So how do the kids get their kicks on the mainland? Well, most of them listen to a style of music dominated by Jay Chou. With Korea-pop influenced songs such as “Romantic Cell Phone”—a title that makes only a little more sense in Chinese—Chou has sold millions of records. He’s about...