Word: shapes
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...fundamental contribution, if there is going to be one in the end, will have been to shape the internal life of Harvard College so that it fosters a certain attitude toward race," Epps says. "I believe in racial integration and inclusiveness and a stress on academic achievement...
MARRIAGE--WHAT AN ABOMINATION! LOVE--YES, BUT NOT MARRIAGE. --George Moore Some gay activists spurn the idea of same-sex marriage, suggesting that homosexuals are buying into the corrupt ideology of an outworn institution. Writing in the New York Times, author Frank Browning maintained, "The problem is with the shape of marriage itself. What we might be better off seeking is civic and legal support for different kinds of families that can address the emotional, physical and financial obligation of contemporary life." This is the idea that endorsing marriage is endorsing the traditions of a society that explicitly rejects homosexuality...
...foundations of civil society. But is there a way to accomplish this in a manner that satisfies all concerned? Is there an evolutionary middle ground? Is it not possible, for example, to be against discrimination toward homosexuals yet not in favor of gay marriage? Compromises are already taking shape. Some cities, including New York, offer bereavement leave and health insurance to the domestic partners of city employees. Stuart Kelman, a Conservative rabbi in Berkeley, California, has proposed an alternative to traditional religious marriage: a ceremony for what he calls a "covenant of love" for couples wishing to sanctify lifelong monogamous...
Seaborn Beck Weathers thought his chances of success were good. Mount Everest is a tough climb, to be sure, but not the monster it once was. Weathers, 50, a wealthy pathologist from Dallas, is not a professional mountaineer. But he was in the best shape of his life. He had clothing designed to protect him to 80 degrees below zero. And he had paid $60,000 to Rob Hall--a renowned New Zealand climber and guide who had seen 39 people like Weathers to the top of the world in the past four years. "Rob felt...
...last week is any example, this general-election campaign could be shaping up to be a far less caloric undertaking. In Clinton and Dole we have two candidates whose being is defined, whose views are shaped and whose success is measured by their ability to win votes. Clinton, who has been campaigning ceaselessly since junior high school, approaches politics as an obsessive host, something for this group, something for that set, an endless round of dim sum. Bob Dole, master of the Senate floor, is a tireless vote hound as well. When Dole says of legislation, as he always does...