Word: pursuits
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...dedicated and innovative students in the social sciences who strive to help alleviate HIV’s reign of terror. By bringing these two groups of students together in a class that interests them both, Harvard is creating a pool of interdisciplinary scholars that will prove invaluable to the pursuit of medical progress.And that, Harvard, is real intellectual sustenance. Emma M. Lind ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, lives in Grays Hall...
...Western powers don't trust Iran's intent. Breaking the seals at Natanz is either an exercise in brinkmanship designed to improve Iran's bargaining position, or else it reflects a decision to break out of the framework it had been negotiating with the European Union and accelerate its pursuit of the technological capability to build a nuclear weapon. Either way, the U.S. and its European partners are treating the move as crossing a red line, forcing them to respond. The three European countries with which Iran had been negotiating - Britain, France and Germany - agreed Thursday that there...
...have no inner motivations at all, except a heart-felt desire to be long-suffering or mercenary and spunky. This is Laurence Dunmore’s first directorial effort, and he seems obsessed with showing how dirty the seventeenth century was, which I guess is a pretty noble pursuit. Thus, everyone’s hair is disgusting, fingernails are teeming with grime, and the floors are perpetually covered in bodily fluids. England is shown as being encased in a yellow uncertain fog, and over-flowing with perpetual massive orgies. The film is aesthetically ambitious, but eventually borders on being pretentious...
...found that folks who regularly engage in mentally challenging activities?like reading, doing crossword puzzles or playing chess?seem less likely to develop dementia later in life. The difficulty comes in figuring out whether their good fortune is a direct result of their leisure activities or whether their continuing pursuit of those pleasures merely reflects good genes for cognitive function...
...Missing the nationals doesn't necessarily mean Kwan won't skate in Torino in pursuit of Olympic gold, the only medal to have eluded her. She is petitioning the USFSA for one of three spots on the ladies' team, and her fate will be decided on January 14, immediately after the ladies' event at nationals. Kwan said her doctor cleared her to begin jumping on January 13, barely enough time to prove she will be ready to compete in Torino. "I believe I will be 100% for the Olympics, and I feel that I have a shot...