Word: pursuits
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...becoming immersed in this culture, many a Harvard grad becomes concerned primarily with this pursuit of wealth, which is naturally associated with status. If there is such a surefire way to acquire money, and money is connected to power, this path is undeniably attractive. Classmates who pursue tracks in academia or otherwise are admired, but they are not considered glamorous. In fact, sometimes they may be considered fools—why toil away to live on paperbacks and ramen when you could move to Manhattan and amass a small fortune in a matter of a few years...
...fear gnaws at us all, and we start to wonder what risks are acceptable in the pursuit of a story. My decision to visit Sarobi, north of Kabul, began to feel a bit foolish. Since I first started coming to Afghanistan in 2003, I have driven this road scores of times. The same with the road west, to Kandahar, and south, to Khost. These days the roads are all but off-limits, plagued by Taliban insurgents, war or rampant criminality that leaves no vehicle untouched. Kabul is encircled, say residents of the capital. While the city itself is safe, they...
...Doon’s father, played by Robbins, advises him, “If you have truth, you have to pursue it.” It is this idea that is perhaps the movie’s most inspiring. To be willing to risk everything in the pursuit of truth and protection of mankind is audacious, but also noble. Lina’s big heart and Doon’s obsession with the beauty and complexity of the generator and The Builders create the perfect dynamic to unveil this world-altering secret. And yet, it’s almost hard...
...more economical with their toilet paper use—or something to that effect. Costco, he tells us in the book’s introduction, is a Grand Canyon of superabundance. According to Stoll, it is a tribute to our society’s devotion to the pursuit of economic expansion and the lack of moderation that characterizes that pursuit. His book traces the modern veneration of economic growth back to its intellectual and social origins, which he identifies as the era of philosophical idealism that followed the industrial and mechanical innovations of the early 19th century. Throughout this historical...
...Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Virginia. In his time at Harvard, Shore has worked on improving the University’s budgeting process, and on implementing planning initiatives such as “the renewal and expansion of Harvard’s campus, the more intensive pursuit of cross-faculty academic collaborations, the consideration of how to optimize the use of endowment funds, and preparations for an eventual campaign,” according to the release...