Word: rigorousness
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...Honestly, it’s not always a good idea in an academic department to admit to writing a novel,” Mellyn reflects. “While some view it as an endeavor lacking seriousness and rigor others can see it as a waste of time...
...rich countries on the poorest countries has been too much like medicine in the 18th century, when doctors used leeches to draw blood from their patients, often killing them in the process. Development economics needs an overhaul in order to be much more like modern medicine, a profession of rigor, insight and practicality. The sources of poverty are multidimensional. So are the solutions. In my view, clean water, productive soils and a functioning health-care system are just as relevant to development as foreign exchange rates. The task of ending extreme poverty is a collective one--for you as well...
...feast and famine. While upperclassmen gorged themselves on venues from Red Line to the occasional wildlife-themed, well-endowed social club, underclassmen were systematically denied their just deserts. Lokers resurrection has the potential to breathe life into a stratified Harvard social scene gripped by 300-year-long rigor mortis. The Harvard College Deans Office, Harvard Student Agencies, the Undergraduate Council, and Veritas Records, which cooperated to put on the two Pub Nights so far, deserve all the thanks they have received...
...offered all of us help and encouragement in our ability to perform at the highest levels in our academic work. He took our comments and arguments seriously and treated each of us with the greatest respect. He fostered in us an appreciation for logical thought, intellectual honesty, and scientific rigor in analyzing issues. Perhaps most importantly, he urged us to have confidence in our abilities. He never made the slightest distinction between us and our male peers...
Nonetheless, Summers was always eager to hear our diverse views, and he was thrilled when we would display the sort of passion and rigor that he loves—especially when we reached conclusions different from his and forced him to reconcile his ideas with our evidence. And as important as it is for Harvard’s president to propose theories, it is equally admirable for other scholars and students to challenge Summers’ statements with theories, research and discussions of every kind...