Word: secretiveness
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...protest. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho shared a 1973 Peace Prize for negotiating the end of the Vietnam War. Tho rejected his award, saying there was no peace in his country. Kissinger's acceptance caused an uproar: apparently the former National Security Adviser's role in a secret war against Cambodia and the overthrow of the Chilean government didn't sit well with some people...
...completely understand exonucleases, but the tree looks pretty spiffy. Christmas season is my favorite time of year. Every time Jingle Bell Rock comes over the radio in the dhall, I do a little dance inside (and sometimes on the outside). And what makes it especially special is that, secretly, I know you are too. I mean it: I want everyone to join in my happy place filled with Christmas spirit. I don’t care if you’re Christian, Jewish, a celebrator of the often-neglected Kwanzaa, or anything in between, as the perpetuation of Christmas...
...week. Or maybe the cold is coaxing us into our rooms like turtles into shells. Or perhaps Christmas spirit really does exist. Whatever it is, I’ve noticed that house life at Harvard reaches its peak during the holidays. Girls lay out dresses for house formals, Secret Santas creep through corridors, and the dining halls smell like evergreen forests because of the wreaths we have put up and the trees we have decorated ourselves. Now more than ever, students are retreating into their houses and surrounding themselves with all the pleasures the holidays have to offer. Observing this...
...reason why I am here now.”“The Ad Board process dehumanizes,” James says. “We want to have student advisors who can walk a person through the process. The Ad Board is almost a secret society that has the ability to hand down judgments.”In reference to the Ad Board’s secrecy, Wong added, “We are also talking about how they make their decisions and how they justify them. This is very cryptic. You never get to find...
...They come up with cheers, and secret handshakes, yell profanities, and moon every once in a while...