Word: sheerness
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...Faculty deanship is considered one of the most demanding positions at Harvard, given the school’s size, its relative lack of high-level administrators to share the burden of decision-making, and the sheer stamina the job requires. The Faculty’s expenses exceeded $800 million in fiscal year 2005, and the school’s endowment of $12 billion tops Princeton University?...
...their breast size. They are all in exile of a kind. Ari, Vincent's Kurdish neighbor, has been driven to paranoia by the violence he has witnessed. His friend Ezmir kills himself after "an interview with immigration officers that had not gone in his favor." Vincent observes: "Sometimes, the sheer exertion of living drove a person beyond their limits...
...years. A movie version will be released this fall. But there's an irony to Hosseini's success: he became famous as the face and voice of a country he hadn't seen since he was a kid, and whose sufferings under the Taliban he completely escaped. "It's sheer luck," he says, "blind, dumb luck that I'm not there. My family happened to leave before the Soviets, they had the means to leave and make a new life. I felt ashamed, like I should have suffered more...
Instead, he proposes, the evidence for under-representation at Harvard and elsewhere stems directly from the sheer quantity and type of sports offered. The Ancient Eight averages 33 varsity sports, far outstripping the Division I mean of 19. Harvard, conspicuously, prides itself on having a nation-leading...
Perhaps the most significant competitive disadvantage, however, is the sheer lack of athletic scholarships. Walsh tells the story of an African-American and eventual third-round draft choice who was set to come to Harvard before withdrawing because of a scholarship offer at another school...