Word: thirst
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Second, Harvard just seems to have fun dishing out failure. Apparently, sending out 16,000 rejection letters is not enough to quench the thirst of this mighty, ego-sucking beast. It’s one thing to award a prize, but it is clearly another to dole out recognition solely for the pleasure of snatching it back from unsuspecting students who probably didn’t even know the award existed in the first place. Harvard should be condemned for laughing in the corner as students stood disappointed and sulking at their mailboxes...
...People feel all the more thirst for good comedy that can work in this moment. People look to excellent practitioners rather than the guy down the hall...
Only at Harvard would a mainstream political organization seek to distance itself from those who extol patriotism and a thirst for justice—let alone at a time when those values unite this nation in a way never seen in our lifetime (News, “Students Back Response” and “Student Rally for Patriotism Draws Few,” Sept...
...body weakened, I thought of my grandfather who had died of thirst in a communist jail. I wondered whether I, in my freedom, was about to suffer a similar fate. Perhaps I was being punished for my lack of filial duty. I had contravened the ancient Chinese custom that dictates: "When your parents are still alive, don't wander far from home...
...chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, coincidentally issued a report last week on why race relations were bad in Bradford. Among other failings, it criticized politicians for making quiet deals with neighborhood ethnic leaders rather than tackling underlying problems. He sees hope in the young, who say they thirst to know other ethnic groups. Bradford's élite, gathered to hear Ouseley at the local football club (next to a mosque), wondered if his proposed solutions, like diversity audits of government agencies and a multicultural study center, could solve problems so entrenched. But stunned out of their complacency, they...