Word: topicalism
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...suffer publicly the consequences of the CIA's handiwork more than Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whose European trip last week was dubbed the "Secret Prisons Tour" by some U.S. diplomats. After months of relative silence from the Bush Administration on the topic of torture, Rice declared before taking off that the U.S. "does not permit, tolerate or condone torture under any circumstances." In Europe she insisted there was no loophole for CIA officers operating abroad or for harsh treatment that didn't technically qualify as torture...
...First and foremost, be as natural as you can. Go with the flow. The minute you try to look for your perfect moment, awkwardness will set in. At the same time, you do need to set up the conversation a little bit. For example, maybe switch your topic of conversation from the sheep brains you dissected in biology class to the fact that you like the way she laughs. My guess is it would be hard to find an opportunity to lock lips during a scalpel-filled tête-à-tête...
...guest lecture on web development he delivered at the College yesterday. The young entrepreneur—who was a member of the Class of 2006 until starting facebook.com in the spring of his sophomore year—spoke in a Computer Science 50 (CS50) “topic session” about the application of programming knowledge to real world endeavors. “I suggest you take the hardest courses that you can, because you learn the most when you challenge yourself,” Zuckerberg said. He also announced two forthcoming additions to his site: a collection...
...ticket has emphasized several bold ideas such as an endowment to fund student events and a $10 million investment plan. But in a campaign whose rhetoric has focused primarily on how to reform the planning of large-scale social events, Grimeland and Hadfield have tried to avoid the topic...
...mere side-shows to everyday student life. And students realize that unless it’s a professor saying the words, anyone who tells you they’re going to reduce the price of coursepacks is lying. Likewise, I care about teaching fellow quality—a topic which is “advocacy ahoy!” for this gaggle of contenders—but can’t imagine any of the candidates convincing Larry Summers to spend the millions of dollars required to improve it.When it comes right down to it, the race for UC president...