Word: seems
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...coast of good intentions, and this moral undertone wraps the otherwise remarkably perspicacious oeuvre in a virtuous air--something that doesn't quite fit on the rest of Byers' literary turf. Were he intending to give a lesson in ethics by preaching them, these stories could not seem less undeserving of an exemplary attitude that they seem to take. Happy endings don't have to straighten their moral codes to be "good." In fact, normal as they seem, the characters in Byers' book are drawn out of their amorality with the help of his skillful word-painting, thus saving them...
...even were we organized, those would not be our goals I assure you. I have never asserted that my election indicated any sort of great political or social paradigm shift as you seem to believe. I think it meant only one thing: Harvard students believe that at least one person on campus ought to be concerned with those elements of student life which daily affect them. I think it is fantastic for the editorial board, the Progressive Student Labor Movement, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Republican Club to lobby for whatever external social issues concern them. And I don't think...
Free time at Harvard is a precious commodity. Between studying, socializing and the rigors of everyday life, it might seem impossible to find time to explore the world outside of Boston--even outside of Harvard--during your short stay in Cambridge...
...first glance, the Internet does in fact seem to be a suitable means to spread the message of democracy for China. Information conveyed over the Web is fast, easy to find and loosely regulated. Although the Chinese government now has restrictions on what its people can post and read from the net, the nature and speed of the web makes the government's efforts quite frustrated...
...consumerism have not crossed the ocean back to the old world. Perhaps because of the semi-socialist basis of the French government or the eternal quest for liberty, equality and fraternity, the American cult of the consumer as we know it does not exist here. Purchasing power does not seem to wow and dazzle, nor does it engender sympathy or goodwill...