Word: model
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...either say, ‘Listen, you can do this and we can talk about it, or you can do this when I’m not paying attention and make your own assumptions about it.’”He may not be the best role model, but 50 is a shrewd business mogul with an intense drive to make money. Why should we hold that against him?“I don’t believe ambition is a learned behavior,” he says during the interview. “I believe it?...
...life. Today's young people are searching for meaning and a community with human values, which an impersonal and technologically driven Europe cannot offer them. Materialism and consumerism don't inspire them to heroism. On the face of it, radical Islam seems to supply alienated young Muslims with the model of a "civilized" society. It is most unfortunate and dangerous. Valentine Iheanacho Rome Today's young European Muslims are angry, but no more so than young Tibetans, South Africans or East Timorese. Still, those young people have not resorted to acts of jihadist terrorism. Furthermore, Islamic extremism is not only...
...role model,” he said. “It doesn’t have to be a formal type of thing—just someone to bounce ideas off when things are tough in class...
...connections aren’t enough reason for aspiring comedy writers to attend Harvard, the inspiration certainly is. Allegedly, Bass Professor of Government Michael Sandel is the physical model for Mr. Burns. Whether Burns possesses the same propensity for moral reasoning is questionable, as Homer Simpson’s infamous boss graduated from Yale...
...Grace Roman asked a high school teacher if she could take an additional year of mathematics, the reaction was, “What lady would take mathematics instead of Latin?” Aside from discrimination, Yale Professor of Physics C. Meg Urry struggled with the lack of role models in the sciences. She said she had never heard of a woman scientist until she entered graduate school. Yesterday, Urry said she was excited just sitting at the same table as the other four pioneers. “These women...were incredibly important role models,” Urry said...