Word: peering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...patrol the streets and keep people alive - the civilian population, if possible, but first and foremost themselves. Since there?s no draft, and thus no readily renewable supply of manpower, the goal is to keep U.S. combat deaths down while scoring the maximum number of enemy kills. "It?s peer pressure," says Marine Sean Huze, "group killing." In basic training, the Infantrymen were taught to take this war personally. "You're not just killing another soldier... you're killing a family," says Herold Noel, of the U.S. Army...
...look back to what astronomers call the Dark Ages--the era between the Big Bang and the birth of stars--provoked awe at the ability to peer through such vast expanses of time and space. Some readers said scientists have reached beyond their data, while others found an affirmation of God's work...
...himself as the meritocracy candidate, the non-political candidate, the non-insider who will not pander to an active constituency (here, UMass alums),” Linsky wrote. Gabrieli, who serves on the board of the School of Public Health, has proposed a merit-based award system which uses peer reviews to select the best researchers. He said that California, New York, and New Jersey have similar systems to the one he is proposing. Gabrieli accused his opponents of playing politics with the important issue. “Do you want to get cures for the disease...
...some advice on advising: It doesn’t exist here. Your proctor will be unable to tell you if there are any decent Cores, and sectioning is tantamount to taking the SAT and undergoing a frontal lobotomy at the same time. No one can help you with this. Peer advising is a new program created to lubricate the process, but at the end of the day, you’re still getting screwed. Hopefully, you’ll get a hot peer advisor to make things tolerable, but then again, this is Harvard, so don’t count...
...needed most: Moving-in Period. The loads from CVS and Staples are the heaviest, the buys from the Habitat for Humanity “Stuff” sale are bulky. It is a time when the demands of several organizations—such as Crimson Key or the Peer Advising Program—are at their highest. Furthermore, students and their parents may need to run errands in the Square. Camp Harvard is a time when we arguably most need the shuttle. To be fair, Harvard University Operation Services, which runs the shuttle, has been trying to meet student demand...