Word: sloth
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...ground in case of trouble, the better. But I'm not sure I see any other advantages to it. Speaking as one whose muscles don't ripple, I feel confident in proclaiming that this too shall pass and that our natural inclination toward sloth will reassert itself...
...question of personal responsibility" is still open argues L. Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid. And Christopher Jencks, a testing expert and Northwestern University professor, in a recent article on the SAT Achievement question, contends that "a good college admissions system should encourage diligence rather than sloth...
...good college admissions system should encourage diligence rather than sloth.... Emphasizing tests like the SATs in college admissions undermines efforts to improve secondary education.' Christopher Jencks...
...country's illness, as diagnosed by protagonist Allie, stems from the uppity attitude people have towards work and education. ("Can't find a Harvard graduate who can change the tire on his car.") In Central America Allie thinks he will find an unspoiled land, untainted by the wretchedness of sloth and religion ("If God hadn't rested the seventh day. Maybe he would have finished the job.") So it's typical that Theroux seeks solutions to America's malaise in a way that allows him to indulge himself on the descriptions and detail of starting life in a world...
Skyrocketing unemployment, though, wasn't his fault. It seems that economic bottlenecks and the sloth of the jobless--not his own austere budgetary and monetary policies--are the culprits behind the 9 percent unemployment rate, the nation's highest since World...