Word: outset
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...make my position on this issue perfectly clear from the outset. For fear of being ravaged from all sides of the final club spectrum, I wish to remain apolitical; that is, I seek neither to deter nor defend partaking in these Harvardian rituals. That said, I will happily add that the chance to indulge in the offerings of complimentary alcoholic splendor presents an almost undeniable obligation to attend—for those amongst the chosen few. As you angrily cast away your hand-written invitation in the name of moral righteousness, just think of the worryingly large majority of people...
Both men dominated from the outset, as Johnson finished second and third in the first two races with Kovacs posting a first and a fourth place result to put tie the duo atop the leaderboard...
...role will evolve through the year, so it’s hard to be specific at the outset about what it will do or accomplish,” said John T. O’Keefe, assistant dean of Harvard College. “But I think this role has the potential to be of great help to our Houses...
While we recognize these dire circumstances, we reject calls for prematurely leaving Iraq. Although we were not in favor of the war at its outset, much of our opposition was rooted in the fear that invading and destabilizing Iraq would ultimately make America less secure. We had severe misgivings about this administration—so influenced by extreme ideologues—and we doubted its resolve to invest properly in the foundations of a new nation...
...every Harvard student, the charge of plagiarism could prove fatal to one’s undergraduate career. From the outset, students are forewarned of the College’s daunting zero-tolerance discipline policy; that is, whether inadvertent or otherwise, according to the student handbook, plagiarism of any sort “will ordinarily result in disciplinary action, including but not limited to requirement to withdraw from the College.” But, it seems that this stringent policy—aimed to ensure sincere and scrupulous scholarship—does not extend to members of Harvard?...