Word: priding
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...When Spivak asked if the subaltern could speak, she should have asked if the subaltern could speak for itself—or better yet, themselves. At Harvard, the answer is still “no.” Harvard can take pride in its status as a progressive university when it begins to treat non-Western nations just as Western countries are treated in the formation of curricula in fields such as history, literature, and social studies...
...hardest lessons of Harvard, or maybe any college, is learning that institutions, credos, and people can and will fail you. But from that disappointment comes the great satisfaction of discovering happiness in spite of shortcomings and pride in individual actions. I still believe in the Catholic faith and the principles of social justice even if I disagreed with their proponents at Harvard; I am not waving the feminist banner or joining any newspaper masthead because I am uncomfortable with organizational flaws, but I still want to support individuals working for Hillary or the Gray Lady...
...said with a laugh. They soon set a date for Aug. 2 of this year. And where will the wedding be held? “It’s going to be on that same mountain,” Godina said with pride. Careful coordination kept this couple together through college. “I got into Harvard early, and then Eric happened to pick a Boston school,” Godina said, drenching the word “happened” with sarcasm. “The official story was it was separate, but me being in Boston...
...Harvard softball team drew regional host Hofstra for its opening game of the NCAA Tournament and sent newly minted Ivy League Pitcher of the Year Shelly Madick to the circle. With one beatable team and one powerhouse joining them in the round-robin, picking up a W against the Pride would be the key to the Crimson advancing in the tournament.Madick, dueling with Hofstra’s ace, cruised through the first three frames allowing only one hit before surrendering a go-ahead solo homer in the bottom of the fourth. Later in the fourth, Madick took a line drive...
...graduate this year with a Masters in Middle East studies, I look forward to taking on some of this responsibility. I hope to be part of rebuilding Iraq’s universities, which were once the pride of the Arab world. Their ruin in recent years not only means a decline in technical knowledge for Iraqis. It has also deeply undermined the story of their nation...