Word: loftier
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...existence rests on certain premises commonly associated with JFK and the youthful, optimistic attitude of his era: that public service is a noble calling; that government can and should be a force for positive social change; that young people, if properly inspired, will help lead the nation to ever loftier heights.But when the time arrived to commemorate the IOP’s 40 years of inspiring students to service, we were treated to Foleygate, the most bizarre, humiliating, and nauseating scandal yet to emerge from a decade of disgraces in Washington. It is the perfect Kennedian nightmare: eager teenagers make...
...operating knowledge of the government which will regulate the rest of his or her life? You might assume I am operating from a position of self-interest here, and perhaps there is some of that; however, I would like to believe that my position is based on a far loftier idea about transmission of democratic values and ideas at a time in young adults’ lives when they are open to considering the philosophical underpinnings of their beliefs...
...loftier goal of the grant is to encourage up-and-coming scientists to think outside...
...attacks by fundamentally changing the status quo in the Middle East originated with the so-called neoconservatives whom Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had gathered around him at the Pentagon. If Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney saw 9/11 as an opportunity to settle accounts with Saddam, the neocons had loftier ambitions. They saw a chance to achieve a political transformation of the Middle East. What nobler goal could there be for U.S. military might than a democratic revolution...
...qualms cut deeper than mere classroom complaints. Staring at the spire of Memorial Church, marching to the rhythmic peals of its hourly bells, I would contemplate my travels beyond these steely gates: my post-Harvard future. In between rushed hellos and smiles of recognition, I would recall my loftier aspirations, the now-shriveling kernels of my boundless childhood dreams. Unsatisfying classes and inaccessible advising cast shadows on my brightest desires...