Word: strength
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...Huck finally does make it into the World Series, where, at last, he commits what may be the first selfless act of his life, but before we get there, a lot of poker gets played and that's the movie's other great strength. Poker, obviously and uniquely, is a game of skill and luck - its drama consisting of talent mobilizing its strengths to minimize the workings of mischance. Wisely, I think Hanson (also the director of LA Confidential and 8 Mile) focuses on the game, which is the thing to which all his characters, except Billie, have utterly surrendered...
...according to the UC’s constitution. Three prizes are awarded: one to a teaching fellow, one to a member of the junior faculty, and one to a member of the senior faculty. Liu and Smail both received awards this year largely because of the strength of their recommendations, according to SAC Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education Matthew R. Greenfield ’08. An awards committee within SAC chooses the recipients of the prizes based on nominations submitted by students. The winners do not receive cash prizes; instead, the money for the endowed award pays for the dinner...
...election as the French choose between the two remaining candidates—Nicolas Sarkozy of the right-of-center Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party and the Socialist Party’s Ségolène Royal. Although we welcome the overwhelming signs of democratic strength in France, only one vote will move the country toward far-reaching reforms that La République requires—a vote for Nicolas Sarkozy...
...greatest strength is our work ethic,” Pfabe said. “We’re always putting in that extra effort, that extra mile. We’re extra focused towards achieving our short-term and long-term goals...
...matches for Harvard’s resources or its mission as an educational institution. Focusing improving public education in Allston will not only allow Harvard to leverage its resources in the most appropriate way, but will also allow Allston residents to reap benefits from Harvard’s greatest strength...