Word: standardism
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...Harvard students, we should set a high standard for ourselves and lead by example. We should openly discuss politics and have cogent arguments for the positions we hold. We should listen to other people’s opinions and consider them against our own with an open mind. In the end, Americans want to remain vibrant and dynamic as a political entity, and to retain the spirit of activism that has recently seemed to flicker. With that end in mind, we shouldn’t let the buzz around the election fade into the same, safe conversations about television...
...Ayurveda and other traditional healing techniques can, some have argued, create false hope in genuinely ill people and dissuade them from seeking medical care and guidance. Chopra has weathered all such claims, either with smiling equanimity or, on occasion, a call from his lawyers. In 1996 London's Weekly Standard published an article accusing him of such unsavory activities as plagiarism and soliciting a prostitute. Chopra sued and scored a resounding victory, forcing the paper to recant its charges and print an apology...
Every year, projects created at iGEM are added to a standard registry that catalogues engineered pieces of DNA. According to Silver, the competition allows biologists to “give back to the [scientific] community...
...Upon visiting artist-curator Tim Barber’s online art gallery tinyvices.com, a mixed-media motley of art and artistically-inclined product, one might feel inclined to agree with Sontag. Perhaps because Barber himself is a gifted photographer, the site is photo-heavy and characterized by the now-standard downtown blend of the High and the Low. Life’s outtakes are elevated to the level of art, and art, with greater intention, is made accessible to the modern viewer. Tinyvices is written in “Seinfeld”-era HTML, with simple hyperlinks assigning each work...
...elections, Democrats have struggled to hold on to their once solid base in the Midwest as they focused much of their energy on Southern candidates who could help broaden their appeal in culturally conservative parts of the country. With Obama, the party eschewed that strategy and instead found its standard bearer in its industrial Rust Belt roots, a place where Obama's reputation and early ground game could have maximum impact. It was no accident that on election night, Obama captured six of the states that ring Illinois, including three - Ohio, Iowa and Indiana - that John Kerry lost...