Word: trained
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...awkwardly reading from a prewritten speech. But his argument is complex, as Powers writes, “The writer’s thought is so dense that every clause tries to circle back for another try before plunging on.” Even the narration has trouble following the train of thought. Kurton takes stage, joking, “Every divide between the Two Cultures is bridgeable, except this one: humanists write out their talks and scientists extemporize.” With his mixture of humorous anecdotes and general charisma, Kurton emerges the clear winner. Modernity, Powers illustrates, shuffles...
...addition to research on the ground level, a collaboration between HSPH, the Harvard Kennedy School, the CDC, and the U.S. government, is working on ways to train leaders in crisis management and leadership responsibilities—from dealing with terrorist attacks to natural disasters...
Although the number of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps students on college campuses is increasing nationwide, enrollment in Harvard’s ROTC—which has long had a contentious relationship with the University—has remained flat. Most of the 273 colleges and universities officially associated with ROTC have reported growth in their Army programs this year, according to the Associated Press. Air Force ROTC Captain Joseph P. Adelmann, an instructor in aerospace studies at MIT, said that the increases may be due to the draw of ROTC scholarships and the current state...
...accept a settlement now, given what a bitter pill Zelaya's return is for him to swallow," says Christopher Sabatini, senior director of policy at the Americas Society in New York and editor of the Americas Quarterly. "If so, both sides are probably en route to an institutional train wreck." (Read why Obama won't use the M word - military - for the coup in Honduras...
...Eventually Lambertye makes his first overt move by holding Patricia's hand during a train ride back from a 1984 D-Day anniversary ceremony in Normandy. Similar expressions of hand endearment follow, before the pair open the seriously carnal chapter of their affair in a presidential château in Rambouillet - where Giscard himself used to hold hunting expeditions in the surrounding woods...