Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stand somewhere in between. I've been pleased with my life at Harvard as far as gender is concerned and have never once felt that my being a woman has denied me any opportunities or impeded my academic progress. Students here, I like to think, are on a level playing field regardless of their gender. And on the basis of observation, I believe my own experience has been hardly unique...
...climax, Hubbard arrests Devereaux for the torture and murder of Tariq Husseni, an American citizen, and reads the general his Miranda rights. "There's a swelling of music and you feel like that's what America stands for, the rights that he's reading, that apply even to this American Caesar, [played by] Bruce Willis," Bybee suggests. "[These rights] have become soaked into our culture, part of what we think of as the guarantees of American freedom and what we stand...
...stand behind the mission of social justice, because it is more integral to Harvard's educational goal. A divestment of $34 million will probably have no serious economic repercussions for Harvard. But the University seriously compromises its educational mission by sponsoring repression and environmental damage in Ogoniland...
Among the reasons moving me to take on this not entirely congenial activity, two stand out. First, I want to make a gesture of thanks to an institution which continues to be awfully good to me. Most people do not realize the advantages of living near one's college. Just to mention one priceless perk, the university allows me to buy a Harvard College Library card for $10 a year (the over-age-65 rate). I get to choose among millions of books for my own research and leisure interests. I could also discuss other agreeable benefits such...
...characterization of the daily maintenance of a potential Palestine. One hopes that those who would like to see a Palestinian state would take a more positive view toward the most basic elements of statehood. The running of day-to-day affairs and the regulation of citizens' activities ought to stand at the heart of any nationalist aspirations, and not be viewed as "dirty work...