Word: particularity
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...beef eating--Americans ingest the meat of 90,000 cattle every day--bison is by far the fastest-growing sector of the meat business. We like bison because it's much leaner than beef but still satisfies that voluptuary jones for red meat. (Market research shows that men in particular enjoy bison, which Americans have long called buffalo even though the species known zoologically as Bison bison is not a true buffalo.) An entire restaurant chain, Ted's Montana Grill (named for one of its founders, Ted Turner, former vice chairman of Time's parent, Time Warner Inc.), has largely...
...degrees of horrendousness, suddenly becoming the grounds for unprecedented public sanction. The point is that statements should be analyzed according to their merits, not by some process that licenses certain individuals to use offensive language. Or, put differently, words hurt. And if someone is hurt by a particular word, he will not likely be mollified by the assurance that it’s okay because the speaker was “allowed” to say it. D. CODY DYDEK ’02 Cambridge, Mass. March...
Faculty and students at the meeting were supportive of this change, and students in particular pushed to expedite technical adjustments in order to accommodate this change...
Given the recent instances of outsiders sneaking into Harvard houses, I can understand this particular student’s concern and her decision to call the police on me. I have to admit, though, that I am still a little confused why I was mistaken for a creeper. I just figured that normally people are not suspicious of a college-aged kid entering a dorm at 1 p.m. on a school day, wearing a “Harvard ‘08” sweatshirt and carrying a book about deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs...
...contemporary pieces will still be displayed at 32 Quincy Street, the majority of such works will be sent to Allston permanently.Kevin Daly, architect for the new arts center, says the Barry’s Corner location will be a positive addition to the neighborhood.“With that particular setting there are a lot of legitimately high expectations of what it could become,” Daly says.Citing the need to organize the building in accordance with the museum’s public mission, Daly also emphasized its unique role as a teaching museum. The promised prominence...