Word: servingã
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...history. The legion of campaign doctors prescribing various cure-all remedies for a once mighty party—Embrace religion! Nominate a Midwesterner! Attack gay marriage!—seem too quick to judge. Much of their advice feels cheap—aimless and tactical and self-serving??rather than the beginning of the great conversation that can define a better future...
...Good riddance,” he said. “They were very pricey for what they were serving??not good value...
...started jury duty in lower Manhattan the Monday after Father’s Day. Over lemonade and burgers, I’d rehearsed with my family every line I could use to avoid serving??“Any government that would send my peers to an unjustified conflict overseas,” went one favorite, “does not deserve my participation.” My voir dire would be my bully pulpit, a chance to proclaim my dissent in ringing tones, overheard and applauded by dozens of Manhattanites. Plus, I wanted to get out early...
...would certainly be possible—if outrageously self-serving??to dispute Brooks’ claim. (“After all, so what if he can’t tell that we’re superior to Penn State students, he’s probably just not very perceptive.”) A more worthwhile exercise, though, is to think of how Harvard students should want to distinguish themselves from their peers at other colleges. After all, stereotypical as it sounds, most Harvard students really are not satisfied with second best…or first equal. The challenge...