Word: shirked
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Harvard also has choices to make. One is whether it should reward those who distinguish themselves in carrying out the teaching burdens others are anxious only to shirk. The arguments against giving additional weight to teaching when alotting tenure are too tiresome to rehash. They make a lot of sense. It seems at the very least, however, that Lee should have been given the option of staying on at Harvard until his project was finished...
...most people are not so sympathetic. Instead of feeling sorry for the athletes, the trend now is to condemn them because--the argument goes--their performances suffer and athletes shirk their responsibility as role models for America's youth...
...often accused, advocating divestment that would occur in a vacuum. Harvard's divestment would be a drop in the bucket, but no one could disagree that once you have a whole lot of drops in the bucket, it tips over. Harvard can't shirk its responsibility to play a part along with individual church groups, cities, and universities that are moving toward divestment," says Ball...
...that once you have a whole lot of drops in the bucket, it tips over," says Ball. "Neither are we calling for a quick fix, a cure-all for Apartheid that will alone cause a transferral of South Africa overnight. What we are saying is that Harvard can't shirk its responsibilitity to play a part along with individual church groups, states, and voters who are also awakening to responsibilities...
...fact that Commonwealth voters could veto a disposal site in Massachusetts has outraged negotiators from other states in the compact, says Judy A. Shope, a specialist on radioactive waste for the League of Women Voters. Shope explains that compact members feel the law enables Massachusetts to shirk its responsibilities under the pact...