Word: reflective
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Many expect Brokaw, a 30-year veter an at NBC, to help seniors reflect upon their goals and ambitions as they shed the confines of the academy for life in the real world...
...They don't have the opportunity to stop and reflect about what they really want from life," he says. "You should try to develop a long-curve attitude about what really matters...
...this afternoon, Brokaw will stop at Harvard to reflect upon the past and look into the future with the Class...
...they have less time to read and reflect and try to make the connections that we did. Not enough time is left over from course work for self-education, for reading literature or history or philosophy that hasn't been assigned, for listening to music that you won't be tested on, for strolling around art museums just to look at the pictures, for writing essays or stories or poems that no instructor will get to grade and, above all, for thinking and talking about what it all means. That can be fixed, though it won't be easy...
...action. Last week the Administration announced new rules on government contracting that disallow all strict set-aside provisions that require specific numbers for minority contractors. But they still allow "race-conscious" procurement as long as Justice Department studies of each affected industry find credible evidence of discrimination. The rules reflect the "Mend it, don't end it" approach Clinton announced last summer--a fairly gutsy and clear exception to his lunge to the right on social issues. Clinton doesn't want to highlight this uncharacteristic deviation from the center, which is why he chose to announce these rules with quiet...