Word: scorns
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eRecruiting, variously dubbed “selling your soul” or simply “insane,” is just part of being a Harvard kid. It is extremely competitive—but the eye-rolling, head-shaking on-lookers have misdirected their scorn. It’s the students themselves who choose to make the process what...
...proceedings, however, were denounced by radicals in both the black and white camps. Black nationalist groups such as the banned African National Congress and the multiracial United Democratic Front, which insist on black majority rule rather than power sharing, heaped scorn on the Durban deliberations. Two far-right white groups, the Conservative Party and the Herstigte National Party, which oppose political concessions to blacks, de clined invitations to attend...
...Women's prospects are further weakened by regressive Islamic jurisprudence that effectively codifies discrimination against women. So entrenched has this discrimination become, the report notes, that hundreds of popular Arab proverbs scorn women for having "half a mind, half a creed, half an inheritance...
While many of the Math 55 students scorn their labels, Harrison thinks the stereotype stems from respect...
...anyone else the impact of our postering. I received the countless condemnatory and congratulatory e-mails about our Elena posters, observed and participated in long discussions on House e-mail lists, and answered numerous phone calls and interview requests from The Crimson and national media. I felt looks of scorn as I tabled for University Health Services refunds for elective abortions, set up flag displays in front of the Science Center, and proudly wore my “Working for the Class of 2026” t-shirt to class...