Word: methodical
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...Jaeger, then, a patient respect for the administration isn’t just a flavor-of-the-month strategy: it’s a proven method, with the weight of decades behind it. It’s the reason why HUCTW has survived and grown to the size it has: approximately 4,800 strong, with staffers hailing from every niche of the University. It is, in short, one of the core missions of the union. “There are two things we care a lot about: one is to be strong advocates for the interest of the staff...
...Michael D. Smith to forgo his usual morning work-out sessions. The Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences wakes up well before 5 a.m., and generally warns against e-mailing him past his usual bedtime of 10 p.m. A computer scientist by training, Smith is all discipline, method, and very little madness...
...former governor’s penchant for jokes may have been his method of choice for coping with the high-stress environment of law school...
...interact online. We can distinguish between the “core” elements of friendship—connection, laughter, and empathy—that remain independent of the medium through which they are forged. There are many friendships that would thrive even if Pony Express were the only method of communication after Harvard. An online social network’s real impact is not strengthening the core relationships around you, but bolstering connections within your network of peripheral acquaintances...
Last fall, when introducing Al Gore at Harvard’s Sustainability Celebration, President Drew G. Faust asserted, “Universities are the world’s greatest source of ideas and innovation.” Theoretically, ideas generated by university scholars are disciplined by the scientific method, vetted by peer review, and made accountable through open publication with clear authorship. Talk radio, the blogosphere, and even The New Yorker operate by a lower standard...