Word: tells
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According to The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Words, while the word "love" initially meant "find pleasing," it later took on associations with "praise," "trust" and "belief." Thus, the etymology and experience of love resemble each other quite closely. As far as we can tell, both are first about pleasure, later about admiration but finally about trust...
...many first-years choose not to take Advanced Standing? Some believe that it will force them to choose a concentration early. It is true that you must fill out a Plan of Study form in February rather than in May. But as any senior will tell you, the Plan of Study is totally non-binding; most of us have no idea even what we wrote down back then (though seniors might be interested to know that they can find out by requesting to see their permanent record the next time they visit the Registrar). The Plan of Study...
...Advanced Standing. Many think accepting brings on disadvantages with fellowships and difficulty in being considered for Phi Beta Kappa. But these factors are relevant only if you plan on graduating in three years; the fellowships office at the Office of Career Services and the Phi Beta Kappa director will tell you that an Advanced Standing student planning on staying at Harvard four years is not at all disadvantaged. This is not the only faulty rumor. One first-year asked if it was necessary to pay several thousand dollars in "administration costs" to graduate early or study abroad with advanced standing...
...Calm, relaxed, and even jokey, Clinton stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Tony Blair and issued all the usual denials: "I never asked anyone to do anything but tell the truth"; "This investigation is going on, and you know what the rules for it are." Knowing that wasn't enough, he also threw some meat off the wagon to the baying hounds by alluding again to that right-wing conspiracy: "If someone is leaking unlawfully out of a grand jury proceeding," he added, "that's a different story...
...story was broken by the New York Times and attributed to those ubiquitous "lawyers familiar with the investigation." For the President, the report added unwanted drama to a morning press conference with his new best friend, British prime minister Tony Blair. "I never asked anybody to do anything but tell the truth," he said, adding: "If someone is leaking unlawfully out of a grand jury proceeding, that's a different story...