Word: regard
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...that resonates: more of us are taking a full five years to get through college. Most of the country's parents look at this as a sort of slacker ritual--the obligatory year of mosh pitting, coffee drinking and Kerouac reading before graduation. But there's another way to regard that extra year: as a peace dividend. A generation ago, in the midst of the Vietnam War, the idea of a year off from college was dangerously ridiculous. Leaving school meant a one-way ticket to Saigon. Two generations ago it was Korea. Three generations ago, war-torn Europe...
Though he may make a fortune earlier than originally expected, thanks to the FDA's fast action, Johnson maintains that new drugs emerging from the biotech industry should be regulated. "I think the only legitimate discussion with regard to regulatory process is whether there is a correct and socially acceptable balance between the urgency of bringing forward a product that can help with life-threatening diseases, vs. protecting public safety," he says. "Striking that balance is a matter of public policy, and it's not a simple debate...
...additional concern has been the value of general exams, which some individuals now regard as archaic...
Warren says that Harvard's program seems to be guided by a concern "to advise more or less directly those in a position to set government policy with regard to racial issues...
Resident Tutor Ellie R. Chadwick said the e-mail was "inappropriate" not only because "everyone in the House held the masters in high regard" but also because "it was addressed to all the seniors...