Word: tokening
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...learn about other countries and now as an affirmation of my faith in internationalism. In this belief, I am not blinded by my own idealism. The Games are not perfect. Since their original incarnation in Ancient Greece, there have been athletes who cheated for the sake of a token or who exploited their superstar status. There will always be those who resort to such methods, and it does not take technology or modernity. The Games continue to occur because the people devoted to the ideals of fair play and athleticism, such as Baron de Coubertin, have maintained a strong, optimistic...
...Spanish language and Latin American cultures continue their slow creep into the American mainstream, it should come as no surprise that comics have begun to reflect that change. But where lesser comix have settled for throwing a token Latino into the story, La Perdida ($20; 275 pages), Jessica Abel's intense new graphic novel from Pantheon, goes deeper. In fact, it goes "native." Featuring a story about an idealistic American living in Mexico and written in Spanglish dialogue, La Perdida examines what is increasingly becoming a major cultural shift in the U.S. by looking at it from the other side...
...fill this room with,” Bell put together a playlist that kept the tension in the room at a fever pitch. “Anything to pump that adrenaline.” Eventually the tournament whittled its way down to the final three. Falling just one four-token chain short of the championship match, second runner-up Joshua D. Samuelson ‘06, a former Crimson photo executive, described the moment when he realized that his dream was over. “I was red and all of a sudden I noticed all the red chips trapped...
...foreseeable future, it will likely retain this power in an official sense. We hope that in practice, however, as the upcoming presidential search gets underway, it marks the beginning of an era in which the Corporation endeavors to engage students and faculty in more then a token capacity, in a way deserving of those who share the Corporation’s interest in Harvard success and who have the vantage of living the Harvard experience today...
McCain also caught a break last week when James Webb, Navy Secretary under Ronald Reagan, announced he would run as a Democrat against Republican Senator George Allen of Virginia. Allen had hoped to have only token opposition in his re-election bid this year, making it possible for him to also build the machinery for a 2008 presidential run. But with the charismatic Webb as a possible opponent, Allen will have to stick close to home...