Word: pit
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...news that Provost Steven E. Hyman will remain in his current post when President-elect Drew G. Faust takes over is good for Faust and—most importantly—good for Harvard. We only hope that Mass. Hall is not just a pit stop on Hyman’s path to another university’s president’s office. Despite the interim year overseen by President Derek C. Bok, a rough transition come July is almost inevitable—Harvard will have a new president and four new deans. Having served as provost since 2001, Hyman...
...suitcase. "I have two sons. My heart is broken to leave them," one amah, Ana Tellez, told me. "But there is no work at home. We'd starve if I wasn't here." My bean cake, which I had hungrily finished just minutes before, quickly sank to the pit of my stomach...
...Kristol flayed senator Hillary Clinton for shuffling on issues with the war [Jan. 29]. It is disingenuous for Kristol to write about the faults of Democrats and the war. He should pay more attention to the Republican President and his allies. They have led this country into a bottomless pit, and Kristol has been a big cheerleader. John W. Mashek Washington...
...happy that the stars of Crimson sports almost always stick it out through four years here, even when Cambridge is far from where their athletic brilliance could have taken them. A recent article in the New York Times sports section bore the headline “College Offers Attractive Pit Stop on Way to the N.B.A.” It detailed the frenzy surrounding former, present, and future N.B.A. locks as they came with a basketball to play college (or is it came to college to play basketball?). While these high-profile athletes generate fan interest—something Harvard...
...Kristol flayed Senator Hillary Clinton for shuffling on issues with the war [Jan. 29]. It is disingenuous for Kristol to write about the faults of Democrats and the war. He should pay more attention to the Republican President and his allies. They have led this country into a bottomless pit, and Kristol has been a big cheerleader...