Word: philosophyã
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...violent that Roark could probably be charged with rape today. And, post-9/11, readers may be less tolerant towards Roark, who has a disturbing propensity to blow up architecturally-unsound buildings in New York City. Nonetheless, Rand’s pulpy prose still proves riveting. And her philosophy??which extols the virtue of selfishness—remains strangely compelling. But be forewarned: if you read this book, you might never give a dime to charity again...
...previously held a 10-year tenure as a Massachusetts state senator from Needham, resigned from the HRC in late 2004 after the organization failed to stop 11 states from banning same-sex marriage. The HRC’s board of directors cited a “difference in management philosophy?? in explaining Jacques’ resignation...
...evident to students who have experienced both ends of the spectrum. “In philosophy it’s a much smaller concentration, so the head tutor could advise me,” says Joshua A. Barro ’05, a psychology concentrator who changed to philosophy??a department about five times smaller—for one semester. “In larger concentrations, advising is more bureaucratic and not personalized...
Though both had a working knowledge of French—Maxwell having spent her senior year of high school studying in Paris and Curtis having encountered it as a translator of philosophy??they spent their first three months in Europe traveling through Germany so that Maxwell could audition for various companies, including Pina Bausch, who rejected her because she was “too cheerful...
...describe it in the most relevant terms, even if it’s highly theoretical. Only then can we expect our friends to listen to our exploits in the lab with the same attention that they give to stories of neighborhood brawls or debates over political philosophy??even if tales of acids and bases aren’t quite as sexy. But if we succeed at explaining our work with clarity, we’d prefer that you don’t tune out of the conversation as soon as you hear the word “molecule...