Word: steps
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...first step, but the world's oceans and shipping routes are vast, and governance over them remains uncharted territory. "It would help to have an international task force and legitimate power to apprehend and prosecute, but who's going to pay for that?" asked Kratz. "Realistically this will be a short term measure or something that won't happen for a long time." Until then, technology will attempt to fill...
...This discontinuation of a time-honored tradition for Harvard first-years was unfortunate for pragmatic and symbolic reasons, and the decision to invite freshmen back into Mass. Hall is one that reflects well on Harvard. Mass. Hall has a rich history that included young people and students at every step. Erected in 1720 under the supervision of President Leverett, the colonial-style Mass. Hall was originally built as a dormitory for students at the College and was funded by a grant of ?3,500 by the Province of Massachusetts in 1718. During the Revolutionary War, soldiers of the Continental Army...
...next step toward changing the policy for holding large student group events in the Houses, a working draft of the report on events management was brought before the Committee on College Life (CCL) yesterday morning. The report calls for Harvard to limit student group events to two per night and to require organizations to register parties three weeks in advance. It also suggests unifying the House registration system and increasing Harvard University Police Department coverage. “I want events to be better organized and safer,” Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin said...
...that thing, that pitiful imitation of a man, to trample her again without retribution. She laced her corset with such vehemence that the stiff stays pressed into her skin like brands, and in the process she resolved to kill Frederick before breakfast.Dressed, she left the house, descended the terrace steps, and set out for the stables.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *She paused outside the door of the gardener’s shed, her hand quivering lightly upon the latch. If she opened the door, if she dared to set even one foot across the threshold, the decision would be made, she would...
...essay - which warns Cubans to "meditate hard" on the policy changes and avoid "shameful concessions" - is the latest step in a strange sibling dance. Though long considered a hard-line communist, whose enemies accuse him of overseeing summary executions of soldiers loyal to former right-wing Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in the revolution's early days, Raul is considerably more pragmatic than the obdurately ideological Fidel. His encouragement of limited market-oriented policies like foreign investment in tourism helped see Cuba through its frightening "special period" after the island's lavish Soviet aid vanished in the 1990s...