Word: tend
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...Nicaraguan FDN (Contras), calling them "totalitarian," and rightfully so. Unfortunately this one creditable statement was in danger of being lost in a morass of obfuscation and extraneous debate. Most of the article deals with a rather torturous examination of whether the Contras as "murderers" ("which [Mr. Katz] tend[s] to agree is the case") should be allowed to speak. The very title of the piece, "Not So Simple" is indicative of the confused nature of the argument, which can be summarized as "well, the protestors were wrong to try to keep these murderers from speaking, I guess." The matter, contrary...
...then, seven years later, when you're at the tenure level, you have a real problem. What if she gets a job at Northwestern, and I get one in California? What do we do? Tenure offers tend to be scarce, and there are very, very few scholars who can get an offer in any city in America," the K-School professor says...
...Other careers are more flexible than academia. Academicians tend to carry a particular specialty, which may not be needed in a wide variety places, so it really limits where they can work. Two lawyers could go anywhere, but for two academicians, it's much more difficult," Herlihy says...
...Harvard today, the opposition between sports and serious student concerns is more subtle, but nonetheless real. The houses with the highest percentage of athletes tend to vote most conservatively--against the campus norm--in political opinion polls. Varsity athletes are occasionally used as bodyguards by the University administration and more recently were recruited as bouncers for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals' ceremony honoring Sylvester Stallone, where they manhandled one poor slob who dared to protest the choice of honoree...
...modest (generally less than $50), but hourly costs can vary from $6 at night to as high as $15 during business hours, plus a surcharge for some features. This discourages many people from fully exploring the myriad services. Says Bill Pytlovany, a computer specialist from Scotia, N.Y.: "You tend to browse less when you know the meter is running...