Word: momentous
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...national efforts and the role of Harvard students in bringing these efforts to fruition. The choice of an energy secretary as Commencement speaker testifies to the importance of alternative energy research to both the university community and to our society at large. It also offers a rare moment to inform Harvard’s emerging graduates of the gravitas of their global social responsibility...
...emphatically defeated Columbia (4-11, 0-3) 6-1 on Friday and blanked Cornell (6-10, 2-1) 7-0 on Saturday to boost its record in the past month to 7-2.“I think we are playing the best at this moment,” sophomore Samantha Rosekrans said. “Our goal has been to be the most improved Ivy League team, and thus far I think we’ve accomplished that goal.”Harvard had a complete performance, with strong play coming from up and down the doubles and singles...
...fortuitous or terrible for Obama, at once highlighting the issue of proliferation and showing just how hard it will be to tame an unruly world. In his speech before a crowd of about 20,000 at the Prague Castle compound Obama opted to use the launch as a teaching moment. "Just this morning, we were reminded again of why we need a new and more rigorous approach to address this threat," he said. "This provocation underscores the need for action - not just this afternoon at the U.N. Security Council, but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons...
...decision came at a pregnant moment in what has become one of the defining legal battles of our time. It offers hope to supporters of gay marriage just when they were feeling lowest. Last year's ruling by the California Supreme Court issued a broad new justification for gay marriage - the Republican-dominated court declared forcefully that California may not discriminate against gays in any way, giving the ruling more legal force and sweep than any decision of its kind ever has. Thousands of couples flocked to clerk's offices to be wed. Months later, in November, however, that jubilation...
...Island, and I worked there during college. We didn't shoot the movie there, though, because we went back now to scout it out, and it just didn't look right for the '80s. It didn't have the right sort of lovely seediness, the sense that at any moment you might trip over someone's discarded needles...