Word: milled
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Despite what Kovacevich (or John Stuart Mill, for that matter) may believe, cultural background unavoidably skews the development of our mind. But ideally, there should be no trade-off between cultural background and independent thinking. The ideas expressed in the editorial, properly distorted, have been used to silence outside criticism and impose one culture's norms on others under the guise of universal logic. Knowing that this statement will annoy Kovacevich, I must say that, as an international student, I have often felt this pressure...
...neither possible nor desirable. The modern liberal tradition which undergirds our academic life demands that we develop ourselves first and foremost as humans, not as members of particular groups. This tradition demands that we consider the whole, not merely the particular, if we are to be complete. John Stuart Mill wrote that "human nature is not a machine to be built after a model...but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides." Those who make an X, Y statement in an academic setting, highlight a particular branch of his being at the expense...
...According to the press release, investigators found that Fisher had been running what they termed a "patient mill" in which patients were given only cursory examinations and then received prescriptions for the drug...
...matches were an Mill, and the victims were Boston area schools...
...ever been fooled by a false rumor, you know that the strongest impulse is to build your own rumor mill, preferably out of common household items. So why not start a local Harvard rumor? Not a rumor about an individual, of course, since that would be far too simple for skeptics to confirm or deny--and if it ever got back that you were the one who started the rumor, it could mean trouble for you indeed. No, if you're going to start a rumor, don't just make it gossip. Make it legendary...