Word: pointed
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...street corner.” She continues, “You don’t come to Harvard and know it all, you have to be shown. That’s the role of an intermediary, someone who’s trustworthy, authoritative, knowledgeable, who can at least point you in the right direction and know when...
...biannual survey of undergraduates showed a fall in overall satisfaction from 3.85 to 3.72 on a five-point scale, as well as decreasing scores in all 15 other categories ranging from the taste of the food to the cleanliness of facilities...
...There was a long silence. Craig would not concede the point...
...Interviews with two dozen current and former officials show that Obama's public decision to reverse himself and fight the release of the photographs signaled a behind-the-scenes turning point in his young presidency. Beginning in the first two weeks of May, Obama took harder lines on government secrecy, on the fate of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and on the prosecution of terrorists worldwide. The President was moving away from some promises he had made during the campaign and toward more moderate positions, some favored by George W. Bush. At the same time, he quietly shifted responsibility...
...cracking down on corruption and strengthening the rule of law, he will have a hard time sidelining the allies who helped him get re-elected. Still, Clinton was optimistic. In a press conference later that day, she praised Karzai's inaugural address, saying it "provides an important new starting point, and we intend to build...