Word: summing
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...world. The conflict boils down to different paths of reason and standards of truth. In Crossing the Threshold of Hope, John Paul locates the source of the great schism between faith and logic in the writings of the 17th century French philosopher Rene Descartes, particularly his assertion "Cogito ergo sum" (I think; therefore I am). The Pope points out that Descartes's formulation turned on its head St. Thomas Aquinas' 13th century pronouncement that existence comes before thought -- indeed, makes thought possible. Descartes could presumably have written "Sum ergo cogito," but then the history of the past 300 years might...
...sum constitutes such a small portion of the University's ROTC contribution that we wonder why the committee bothered to form a resolution at all. The answer: Hanselman wanted to help ROTC participants who "are like second-class citizens on campus...
...that Harvard students and their parents are charged in their tuition bill may not be a large sum. But it is paid with the assumption that students will receive quality medical attention...
...Beast. He gets a B+ for hummable ballads and ho-humbuggable comic turns. Stroman's jazziest ideas are reprises of her dancing-on-furniture number from Crazy for You. Ahrens' lyrics are wan, snapless. It takes a while for the 90-min. show to become more than the sum of its parts...
...advised investment decisions without the help of my broker, who no doubt has better ideas, I figured I was a great candidate for reimbursement. At least Smith Barney couldn't be accused of paying me off to cover up my broker's mistakes. And whatever modest sum it might choose to advance me would go a long way toward cementing my future loyalty. But spokesman Bob Connor wasn't buying any of this, and Cohen at Mellon said there was no chance that Mellon Bank would pay for my mistakes in the future if I moved my account over there...