Word: summers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...McCain: both men gambled on the U.S. military's "surge" in Iraq long before it looked like a sure thing. If the Arizona Senator risked his presidential ambitions on it, the stakes for Hammadi were higher: his life and the lives of his wife and two young children. Last summer, as the final batch of 30,000 additional American troops requisitioned by General David Petraeus was arriving in Iraq, the bus driver and his family left their refuge in Syria to return home. It had been nearly two years since they fled their neighborhood, al-Dora, after al-Qaeda...
...This summer, thousands of visitors and millions of television viewers will get their first glimpses of modern China. They will see futuristic sporting venues, clean skies, brand-new roads, and smiling hosts. But after the Olympic flame is extinguished, and the victorious athletes return home, China will return to its abusive ways. Almost 75 years after our initial failure to stand against totalitarianism in the Olympics, we are about to be fall for the same trick. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame...
...stolen base later, first baseman Eric Oxford delivered a triple that was helped by some forceful winds, and Akashian came around with the run that put Holy Cross on top for good.“[Akashian] is their best guy, I’ve played against him in the summer,” Haviland said. “The wind was blowing out, and I wanted to make sure he didn’t beat us with one swing. I was pretty careful with him, and maybe I shouldn’t have been...
That said, such an aim should not cut short a student’s freedom to explore other types of law while in school—something that the summer internship requirement may do. In addition to committing five post-graduation years to public interest work, the program requires that students spend their two summers working in the public sector (see correction). While such a stipulation clearly is intended to demonstrate a student’s commitment to the field, it comes at a cost: the pedagogical value of exploring other fields of law, from corporate litigation to criminal practice...
CORRECTION This editorial incorrectly stated that the Harvard Law School tuition break program for students entering public interest law requires students to spend two summers in a public interest job. In fact, they are only required to complete one such 10-week summer job. The Crimson regrets the error...