Word: needlessly
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This year, about $285,000, or 71 percent of the grants fund, was earmarked for grants covering expenses specific to student groups—a 45 percent increase from last year. Needless to say, student organizations entered this school year with the impression that the UC was in a position to support them financially, and with good reason...
Harvard fencing got back to its roots on Sunday, after a Columbia fencer, fresh off a rousing victory, flipped off the Harvard squad. True to form, he then challenged Harvard’s most notorious saber fencer to a fist-fight outside. Needless to say, the Harvard hottie had to be restrained. Hey guys--can we buy your Clipse tickets?...A certain vertically-challenged Fox member felt the need to take out his self-loathing on innocent female party-goers at the Owl on Saturday as he accused everyone there of husband-hunting...Then again, who wouldn?...
...plane’s walkway—the door was slammed in my face. I even had my hand on the handle, but the female attendant was too strong (don’t laugh), and forcibly closed the huge metal door in front of me. Needless to say, I was livid.The story could end here, too. I could have gotten a ticket for another flight, gotten home, and written letters to the unnamed airline. Nope. Despite the fact that some sympathetic ticket agents informed me that there were zero flights to the Mile High City within the next three days...
...have seen me around town, I’m sure you’ve noticed me wearing my "Harvard Mom" sweatshirt and hat, and sipping out of my "Harvard Mom" mug. Needless to say, we are quite proud of our twins, Ashley and Jessica, who are now enjoying their first years at Harvard University. Ashley is really adjusting very well. Unfortunately, Harvard’s grading system is such that she cannot maintain her lifetime 4.5 GPA, but she’s slowly getting over that. Boy, are we proud of Ashley?...
...Chertoff defends even aspects of the ATS data collection that might be deemed trivial and a needless invasion of privacy. In certain cases, for example, the U.S. can obtain the meal preferences of a passenger. Chertoff points out that such cases require special high-level approval from both the U.S. and international law enforcement authorities. The point, says Chertoff, is to use all the tools we have to act before the terrorist do. "If we sit back and just rely on a list of names, we will likely miss something. And we do not want to be in that position...