Word: singularizing
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...fact, it's hard to imagine why anyone would seek further academic diversion. Breathing the rarefied air of scholarly excellence as we do, discontent appears ungrateful, even unseemly. And yet, Veritas as a singular, ivy-shrouded aim can be stifling. While Harvard may boast the finest display of academic resources, it overlooks the possibility that undergraduates might want more than visiting privileges to the world's greatest museum of collected Knowledge, that under the traditional theme of "diversity within excellence," students might want to feel that they belong...
Until a couple of years ago the Pastures also offered some singular special effects. Sometimes there was a strange gelatinous gunk--"green slime" or "moon glob"--that could be picked up and hurled in lieu of snowballs. There were also acres of empty metal drums, industrial barrels just sitting around; it was hard for any self-respecting young thrill seeker to resist climbing inside and tumbling downhill. Parents seldom ventured into the area. So the town fathers and mothers did not know enough to fear that the moon glob and the barrels might have come from the Baird & McGuire factory...
...military operation, the raid was a singular success. As a diplomatic and political maneuver, it was a dubious proposition, since it came at a time when the U.S., in cooperation with Jordan and Egypt, had been attempting to keep King Hussein's fragile peace initiative alive. The raid took the Tunisian government of President Habib Bourguiba, 82, a longtime friend of the U.S., by surprise. When Tunisians first heard explosions from Hammam al-Shatt, many thought that a raid was being carried out by Libya, with which Tunisia had broken diplomatic relations a few days earlier. But on the beach...
Another story that made its way to the White House is that the dour Georgi Arbatov, the Soviets' top U.S. expert, was playing Reagan in the Kremlin's dry runs for the Geneva confrontation. The thought is so singular that it provoked laughs in the back corridors of the White House. One wag suggested that if that went well, Arbatov could move on to Hollywood and Bedtime for Bonzo...
...always been a singular conceit of the University--and its critics--that Harvard can make a difference whenever and wherever it wishes. In the case of South Africa today, or even in the case of U.S. policy toward that country today, Harvard simply is not that important. But if Harvard cannot have a "policy" on South Africa, that does not release it from the obligation to register an "opinion" on the matter. If we decide to remain involved in South Africa, whether through "intensive dialogue," proxy votes, or any other means, we are registering an opinion that we at least...