Word: possessed
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...power to raise the popularity of these television shows—simply by watching them—to a level in which they’re considered worthy of a censor’s eyes, we have the ability to remove the power that these potential censors actually possess...
...their thoughts on the search, prompting a private discussion of the qualities that they hope to see in a new dean, according to Weary Professor of German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan. “It is no secret that all of us want to see the dean possess integrity, to have leadership skills, and enjoy the trust of the faculty,” Ryan said. Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn, who is also a council member, said that the group discussed the challenges an incoming dean might face. In an interview, Ryan cited...
Though many of these communities may not have the same resources that we possess at Harvard, they still have something valuable to share with us. Reflecting on her experience last year in New Orleans, Ffyona V. Patel ’07 remarked, “It wasn’t us teaching them—it was them showing us what their community was like, what it used to be, and what they are striving for it to be in the future...
Blue Oyster Cult lyrics notwithstanding, I seem to possess a relatively normal facebook profile, as nearly all college students do. Being on Facebook, at least at Harvard, might as well be a requirement that goes along with Expos as a ritual everyone must endure. While there are the few and the proud amongst us who shun Facebook, they are an all too miniscule minority. We’ve become a cult of addictees to the point that the phrase “drunken wall-post” is now a lexical mainstay...
...support of a narrow group of electors with vested commercial interests-a system that leads to backroom horse-trading. The Legislative Council also suffers from a democratic deficit. It does not truly represent the people because half its members hail from the same types of vested interests, yet possess the same voting power as those directly elected. The system is unfair because it favors a few over the whole. Hong Kong needs full democracy...