Word: reject
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shrouded in a seemingly absurd sincerity. Now, of course, it has been devalued and commodified to the same extent as the relationships we cycle through. This year, however, perhaps those here at Harvard lucky enough to have someone in their life should take the opportunity to consciously reject the modern perspective and its faith in the circumstantial contingency of life-long partnership...
...Crimson is most productive in its set offense with Ruggiero or Mleczko controlling the puck at the point while Shewchuk and Botterill look for openings around the face-off circle or along the boards. But Harvard is most vulnerable when opposing forwards can reject slap-shots at the blue line and skate down the ice quickly for a breakaway...
...third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think is best. But not for the reasons he suggests--that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely "accepted"; we aren't here to accept or reject--we're here to be amused. The more dazzling, personal, unorthodox, paradoxic your assumptions (paradoxes are not equivocations), the more interesting an essay is likely to be. (If you have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants" not "graders"--you may be able to ferret...
...White House could be sure that Republicans lacked the 67 votes to convict. Chief of staff John Podesta told Daschle that the White House was on board, but both sides agreed that it was important to play down any White House role in the deal for fear Republicans might reject it. "Right now, this is the Lott plan," said a senior Clinton aide. "He will eventually take pieces from everyone, but the whole game now is Lott." To help Lott quell his rebellion, the White House offered to make a tiny concession: Clinton lawyers will not dispute that the testimony...
...wishes that child to develop. In recent years, particularly in the U.S., much importance has been placed on the right of individuals to reproduce in ways that they wish. I suggest that there is a greater need to consider the interests of the child and to reject these proposed uses of cloning...