Word: swathe
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...sure, but it must stop. Only by embracing a wide swath of ideas and engaging them head-on with passion can we truly find out who we are. Many of the country’s most influential people spent their college years radically promoting a political agenda they would one day disavow. Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks and radio commentator Michael Medved essentially did an ideological 180 after college, as did some prominent members of the Harvard faculty...
...only things capable of stopping a stench that turns the stomach and dredges up bad memories of a night nearly three months ago. Most disasters come and go in a neat arc of calamity, followed by anger at the slow response, then cleanup. But Katrina cut a historic deadly swath across the South, and rebuilding can't start until the cleanup is done. In much of New Orleans, the leafy coverage of live oaks is gone. Lingering in the sky instead is a fine grit that tastes metallic to the tongue. Everyone's life story is out on the curb...
...issues like student advocacy and services, where the UC actually is the voice of the student body. It has no mandate to issue political proclamations, and should not act as if it does. Second, there are a large number of student groups that support positions on a broad swath of issues. These groups compete with one another to influence campus opinion and—if possible—the world at large. The UC should leave political advocacy to these groups and let the debate play out in public discourse rather than proclaiming the view of a diverse student body...
...effort on behalf of departments to make some of their content-heavy courses more accessible to those outside of the concentration. Second, the committee also envisions a robust array of “Courses in General Education”—yearlong portal courses that would cover a swath of subject matter in an interdisciplinary way.Both of these proposals stand to make Harvard students better educated. Though students can still get away with fulfilling their “Study of Societies” requirement with three very specific courses, it is likely that the best, most easily accessible courses...
...soft Texas drawl. She was unfailingly gracious, but she faced a tough crowd, and the private prep sessions were just as shaky. By that time, conservatives were so riled, even a Bush win would have been a loss. The cost would have been permanent, unforgiving fury from a whole swath of his base--and a Democratic Party smelling blood. Instead, Bush hopes that if he gives his allies a profound sign of respect and acknowledgment of their righteous power, they will agree to unite behind him for the fights ahead...