Word: pursuits
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...close your book by discussing another book, Ultimate Sacrifice, which argues that J.F.K.'s assassination was ordered by the Mafia in retaliation for Robert Kennedy's pursuit of the Mob. Why end with that...
...achieve many of the goals for which it was established. Taiwan is well aware of this painful reality, having endured exclusion from the supposedly universal world body because of Chinese pressure for more than three decades. But there is no civilized alternative to the principle of international cooperation in pursuit of the common good. The world's only hope for the ethical, nonviolent resolution of conflict lies in the collective cooperation of U.S.-led democracies. Give up that hope, and we are lost indeed. Ben Shao Taipei Economic and Cultural Office...
...typical of Penn teams. It’s going to take our best effort, our best game, to beat these guys.”Dawson will have to dodge Penn linebackers Joe Anastasio and Kory Geddin, who rank second and 11th, respectively, in the conference in tackles, in his pursuit of the rushing record. The Quaker run defense is statistically third best among the Ivies, allowing 3.5 yards per rush and a total of 134 yards rushing per game.Meanwhile, Harvard’s defensive unit looks set to reestablish the almost total lockdown that it has enforced on opponents...
...sashayed into the Fox Club on Friday night. After sucking face with a member, the beauty queen returned to her Northeastern stomping grounds with a slew of digits. Nothin’ like a Harvard man! Also at the Fox, a bunch of (crazed) football players stormed the door in pursuit of margaritas and freshman tail. Luckily the only club member who plays a sport (and weighs more than 140 pounds) kept the rapscallions away. Public service isn’t dead over at the Fly. This weekend, the government of France knighted an alumnae for his distinguished accomplishments...
...write and think. These two invaluable assets make them very appealing to law schools and employers. But I am interested in justifying the study of literature as an end in itself, not just as useful primer for more worldly endeavors. Is it after all a perennially elitist pursuit, the perquisite of an ivory-tower class, an ecstatic act of mental masturbation? And if it is the last, who cares? Am I disturbed by possibly devoting my life to something so solipsistic? Or does the persistence of a literary public give the study of literature some genuine import...