Word: resists
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...that we can save the world and right every evil whether by the pen or the sword, we set ourselves up for failure, radicalize politics, and, by leaving unrealistic expectations unrealized, engender bitterness and cynicism in politics. Politics is not a simple science. We would do well then to resist those ideologues who promise paradise through policies of greatest simplicity, ease, and comfort.To the student activists: We should help where we can. But your fine-sounding sayings and high-minded petitions only help yourselves.Christopher B. Lacaria ’09 is a history concentrator in Kirkland House. His column appears...
...things went smoothly,” Chopra told the Crimson in 2003. “We’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback. People realize that throwing a party is expensive.” While some students couldn’t resist poking fun at the school for requiring institutional support in having a good time, the grants soon became a staple of student life. In each succeeding year the UC voted to continue the program, making small alterations for better accountability and increasing the value of the grants from $50 to $100. Harvard?...
Raised in competitive Ivy League rowing towns, captain Pat Mulcahy and fellow senior Matt Young were brought up to hate Harvard, their hometown schools’ rival on the water.But in the end, the two lightweight standouts couldn’t resist the call of the Charles.Hailing from Ithaca, N.Y., and Philadelphia, Penn., respectively—the homes of lightweight crew powerhouses Cornell and Penn—Mulcahy and Young have long been exposed to top-notch crews.By living in places where crew was a prominent sport, the two benefited from great coaching and plenty of local competition when they...
...Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld, whose company makes such hardly wholesome fare as bacon, macaroni and cheese, and frozen pizza, the opportunity to buy Danone's cookie business was too tempting to resist. "It will increase our presence in snacks--our fastest-growing global segment--and transform our international business," she says...
...wear loafers, sans socks, while skateboarding to class...please, don’t breed. Also, +11 8) Do you keep missing the shuttle because you wear stilettos every day, but have never managed to learn to walk in them? +3 9) Are you unable to resist flaunting your extraordinary night vision by wearing your Ray-Bans inside? +6 10) Do you still wear multiple polo shirts at a time, all collars popped? Because that’s just sad. +0 Scoring Guide: 0-5: Congratulations! Your few sartorial quirks are inoffensive enough to seem charming, instead of a symptom...