Word: spreading
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...class marshal. She grabs a ballot sheet, quickly looks for names she recognizes, votes, puts it in the manila envelope and leaves. Another senior does the same, and then another and so forth. All have voted, but very few take the time to glance at The Crimson's spread on the candidates lying six inches away...
Vanity Fair's October issue contains a 12-page photo spread featuring two Harvard football players earnestly engaging in warm-up exercises with 19 other Ivy League standouts, while the accompanying article describes the daily life of an Ivy League football star...
Journalistic honesty and accuracy of reporting is always necessary. But in the case of the Middle East in general, and of Israel in particular, the opposite can have explosive consequences. Immediately after Israel opened another entrance to a pre-existing archaelogical site in Jerusalem, the word spread throughout the West Bank and Gaza that Israel was digging under Islamic holy sites in a blatant gesture of hostility towards Israel's Muslim residents. The rumor was a lie, but it nonetheless had a quick and deadly effect. For three days, Palestinian mobs armed with automatic weapons, stones and bottles terrorized Israeli...
Lenient sentences for cocaine dealers shouldn't make anyone happy. Even if our laws did not specifically mandate imprisonment, and even if drug use were not on the rise among youth, Blankenship and David would still deserve time behind bars. Society must firmly punish dealers who spread poison, even if they do go to Harvard...
Although the Institute of Politics (IOP) only confirmed Clinton's appearance on Friday, word of the speech has spread like wildfire around campus, and students flocked to the IOP office yesterday for a chance to hear the First Lady...