Word: towards
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With a physician's referral, UHS provides $275 toward funding the procedure. According to the Feminist Health Center, an advocacy organization for women, first trimester abortions usually cost between $400 and $600, and second trimester abortions cost between $500 and $5,000. Students are expected to pay the difference between UHS's subsidy and the actual cost of the abortion, UHS officials...
...Toward the end of last term, Congress approved the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and passed an omnibus package that provided substantial funding for research institutions, including Harvard...
...good sushi lies in the oft-overlooked rice, which has to strike the right balance between vinegar and salt. Straying too far toward one or the other extreme is treacherous and detracts from the flavor of the fish. Additionally, the consistency of the rice is imperative. Once the proper proportion of ingredients is calibrated, the rice is compacted on mats into little rolls. In the absence of adequate air between the grains, the texture and flavor are ruined. When the balls of rice supporting nigiri sushi are too compact, they interfere with the customer's experience of the fish...
...procured wealth, upon their retirement, as wealth selflessly donated to charity. This ends-justify-the-means rationale is both a moral fiasco and a logical pretzelism. It feebly attempts to justify the convenient self-interestedness of a socially irresponsible "career" by miraculously spawning an altruistic intention to "direct funds toward" the world's betterment, after the fact. Why spend life canceling oneself out? Why imbue some corpulent, guilt-ridden check with the vicarious virtue that life itself could have epitomized...
...Defense was a top priority going in, but now that we lose 100 three-point shots from Dan and Mike Scott, the players should have a sense that we're redirecting our energies even more toward defense...