Word: seeks
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...commitment to excellence also means that we will seek out--in all corners of the nation, and indeed the world--a diversity of talented and promising students. Such diversity is not an end in itself, or a pleasant but dispensable accessory. It is the substance from which much human learning, understanding, and wisdom derive...
...also possible to deny that it exists altogether. But once acknowledged, this relationship requires things of us. Because we are human, it requires that we probe to the limits of our comprehension, and then push those limits outward with all our strength and diligence, in continuing to seek understanding of the mysteries of the universe. At this point the education of the intellect and the education of the spirit are virtually indistinguishable. And it requires also that we probe within, for the meanings of our own existence and their requirements of us. At this point the education of the intellect...
...deserve this dimly-lit tribute to pain and suffering. Artistic license does not abrogate social responsibility, and it's simply wrong to make money by playing to people's worst instincts. This does not mean that we should ignore or gloss over our collective problems and concerns, or seek a return to the repressive innocence embodied by the 1950s. But neither should we let the pendulum swing entirely in the other direction to a state of moral anarchy in which nothing, including human life, has inherent value...
Peimer says Wilson promised at the informational meeting that she would seek undergraduate input on future stages of the restructuring...
...others, the ultimate goal of the trip was to seek out new Democrats in a state dominated by Republicans...