Word: quests
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quest to educate the community about an important social problem, the group, like hundreds on campus, has come to rely on the council for a major share of its budget...
...whole life I have lived very close to Harvard, and through a couple of living stereotypes and my own prejudices, at a young age I formed an opinion of what a Harvard student was. A Harvard student was one that was driven only by the quest for money and self-gratification. I have found only the opposite at CHANCE. In fact, if it wasn't for CHANCE, I don't think I could have gotten through school. When all my teachers gave up on me, I felt nothing but alienation, but CHANCE made me feel a sense of self-worth...
...star than for the author. You come looking for Richard and find Al. "I don't like the word teach applied to this because I'm not a teacher," Pacino says. "But we hope to guide audiences into it without their even knowing how they got there." The quest took four years for Pacino: "I made four movies and did two plays during the time I was filming this." He hopes his celebrity will attract new audiences to Shakespeare. "He speaks to all of us about everything that's inside us," Pacino says. "That's the thing...
Though defeated by Robert Matsui by a wide margin in the past two elections, Dinsmore hasn't given up his quest to make principle, not partisanship, the basis for political behavior. Those principles, he believes, dictate the need for a flat tax ("a type of wealth tax parallel to the property tax") and abolishing the deficit ("the unfair shifting to future generations the obligation to pay for programs that benefit current citizens"). A 59% Democratic registration in the Fifth makes it unlikely that this third time will be the charm for Dinsmore...
Lately, in quest of a thesis, I have been spending a lot of time in Harvard's libraries: the quiet, dimly lit nooks and crannies of Hilles, the clattering shelves of Pusey, the musty corners of Widener. Every so often I get sidetracked, especially if it's in an interesting part of the PS (American literature) or LB (education) sections or if it's late at night in the Widener stacks and I'm tired of carrying books up and down floors. I'll toss down my backpack, sit on the floor in my jeans, and explore the wonders...