Word: stands
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Miller casts a wide net of narrative, jumping somewhat discordantly between scenes of surgery, group meetings, and debilitated patients who, it’s no surprise, would probably stand to benefit from xenotransplantation technology. There are, however, areas where the narrative excels. He recounts an entertaining history of early attempts at xenotransplantation, most notably the exploits of traveling doctor John R. Brinkley, a snake-oil pusher of the 1920s. Brinkley’s scam was convincing hundreds of American men that they could cure impotence (and restore their all-around vitality) through implanting goat testicles alongside their own gonads...
...increased worker morale, but the majority of cases see businesses voluntarily accepting reduced profits. With a fixed operating budget every year, Harvard is far less flexible. To compensate for a living wage, it would either have to hire fewer workers or take the money from other places. Both outcomes stand to leave Harvard employees worse off overall. In response to arguments against a living wage, SLAM and other advocates argue that it is Harvard’s responsibility to help raise wages for the unskilled workers who are part of the Harvard community. Harvard’s janitors are part...
...Lesbian and Gay Caucus’s military taskforce, said he would be “personally delighted” if Summers publicly opposed the amendment.“I think it would be great if Harvard, given its prestige in the country, were willing to take a public stand on these issues,” he said.Third-year law student Jennifer L. Carter said she supported the group’s right to protest, but said she fears the possibility of creating an environment of “active hostility” to the military...
...Television in the 1960s and early '70s did not lack absurdities ... Yet of all the ridiculous TV shows of the era, two stand out for their enduring, unfathomable allure: The Brady Bunch, the sitcom about an adage-spewing stepfamily cavorting on an Astroturf lawn, and Gilligan's Island, the tale of seven mismatched castaways on an island that seemed oddly close to Hollywood. Both shows had a goofy otherworldliness painfully out of step with their tumultuous times. Both spawned fanatical cult followings and countless spin-offs. Both, amazingly, were created by the same man, Sherwood Schwartz ... [He] called Gilligan...
...After a while the demonstrators lose their fire and retreat, spent, to the side of the road. We drive west toward Pakistan and the earthquake epicenter. We pass through Uri, the nearest thing to a big town in this Indian Kashmir valley, where devastated houses barely stand at odd angles, missing walls from which crumbling rock and debris poured down. An entire row of shops has lost its front, as though sliced off by a blunt cheese wire, and bars of Lux soap, pastries and plastic toys spill out onto the street. We pass broken villages and military camps, including...