Word: preciousness
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...women's Olympic victor, Hughes, who is still a high school junior, says she is aware of the responsibility the precious medal bestows on her--as a champion, as a representative of the sport. But as she has done throughout her young career, she will refuse to allow this Olympic experience to overwhelm her identity or disrupt her life. Her next goal? High 1500s on the SATs...
...divided equally by everyone. The person who ends up buying the item will receive a portion of the bid price back when the money is divided among the group. Estate lawyers say auctions are a way for heirs to realize what they are willing to pay to secure a precious heirloom. The problem is that they do tend to reward those heirs who can afford to receive less cash...
...larger error committed by nearly every anti-abortion activist is, however, that their arguments consider only the unborn fetus, without mention of the woman in whose womb it resides, as if she is no more than an incubator for this precious life. Indeed, “life” is the word used by every upstanding anti-abortion activist. But it is not life that’s at stake, it is the potential for life. The law, both in word and in spirit, rightly protects life itself and not the promise...
Harvard should follow the examples of Princeton and Brown by replacing all loans and required jobs with grants. Grants alleviate the considerable burdens posed by both loans and term-time jobs, giving students precious time to pursue academic endeavors...
...would be a great step towards allowing students to spend more time on arguably the most beneficial aspects of college life—academic and extracurricular activities. No Harvard student should be forced to work during the term or take out loans; our four years in college are too precious...