Word: meres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...politics was void of the humanism necessary for a public servant, he also called for a greater emphasis on ethics, values and governmental philosophy in the school's curriculum. "The principle challenge ahead will be to add those forms of education that will help government officials move beyond being mere bureaucrats and technicians to become the kinds of human beings to whom we would willingly entrust decisions that affect our lives," he wrote...
...individual that counts physical activity as a part of his or her own being, whether a competitive athlete or not, shudders at the mere whispering of the word "injury...
...final examination, I am taking advantage of my disability to shirk my academic responsibilities. A correction printed in The Crimson on April 15 acknowledged that "the article also contained misleading inferences that the student failed to cooperate with the registrar's office in arranging for the exam." A mere correction buried on page four of The Crimson is, however, insufficient. In impugning my motives, the article prejudices the entire University community against any sensitivity to the needs of disabled students at Harvard...
...been the challenge of the first twenty years, and even though much must still be done, all the signs suggest that the faculty has succeeded impressively. The Principal challenge in the period ahead will be to add those forms of education that will help government officials move beyond being mere bureaucrats and technicians to become the kinds of human beings to whom we would willingly entrust decisions that affect our lives...
...word, says an Alyeska supervisor, "complacency." Lulled by almost twelve years of oil shipping through Valdez without a major accident, Alyeska let its old equipment run down to the point that it was taxed to the limit when it cleaned up a small spill of a mere 1,500 bbl. in January. Workers who had been hired to devote full time to combatting oil spills were replaced by people whose primary duties lay elsewhere. The state government failed to keep Alyeska up to the mark; the legislature denied its watchdog agency funds for inspecting oil terminals and was pretty much...