Word: resistences
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...penalties for plagiarism, Blair’s cardinal sin, are worse than those for rape. This year’s guidebook for incoming first-years—in its 1,900 word diatribe on cheating, which dwarfs its token 400 words on sexual assault—warns students to resist the temptation to elevate grades over conscience. Although Harvard administrators “do not suggest that they expect students to be dishonest in their work,” they realize that at Harvard, “procrastination and last-minute haste lead to panic and, in desperation, to cheating...
...Hardenne again beat Clijsters, Kim's father Lei made the observation that it was unusual how Henin-Hardenne's "muscle mass has doubled." The Belgian media ran with the comment, fueling chatter about doping. Henin-Hardenne replied, "My only drug is work." But her coach Carlos Rodriguez couldn't resist a stronger verbal volley, saying: "Justine is better than...
Harvard’s offer to construct affordable housing around Cambridge and a public garden along the Charles River did not mollify Riverside residents, who said they would resist any major University expansion in their neighborhood...
...though, is whether the various foreign fighters who have managed to slip into Iraq are a coordinated force, or even how big the threat really is. Before the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, Iraqi officials claimed that as many as 6,000 foreign volunteers had entered Iraq to resist the U.S. invasion, but allied forces encountered only a fraction of that number on the road to Baghdad. An Iraqi intelligence source working with the CIA says the number of foreign militants active inside Iraq is in "the low hundreds," most of them drawn from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Pakistan...
...chosen to impose taxes on them in proportion to the problems they cause. Why not a tax on junk food? The resulting income could fund medical research, provide health insurance for children from low-income families and build gyms at elementary schools. Of course, legislators would have to resist lobbyists willing to sweeten campaign funds with some plump gifts, but maybe, for the health of America, it's time to cut the fat. DONNA KEISER Corpus Christi, Texas...