Word: voided
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...cannot predict that A will result in B. So we glorify this kind of certainty in the face of the lie that we can never have it. The stuff I’m interested in, I just admit that I’ll leave it to the void of exploration. I can’t promise you what the result will be. I can only promise you the commitment to leap.—Interview conducted, condensed, and edited by Monica...
...just happened to be in the right place at the right time when entering college. It is exceedingly rare for Harvard to be down a starting female fencer. It’s even more extraordinary that a walk-on was given the chance to fill this void in the team. Yet, somehow, the stars aligned, and Kim was able to take advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.“It’s one of the best decisions I’ve made at Harvard,” Kim said.Last weekend, at the first part...
...first conflict that government is going to have to resolve is what happens to investment bankers and traders who have employment contracts? When financial companies are recruiting top talent, they often guarantee large pay-outs that last several years. Will the government try to void these deals? The court fights over that will make good theater...
Alas, it was into this unfilled void that the then unenthroned U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, stumbled. In a written response to Senate questions, he suggested that China had been manipulating its currency. (Some in the U.S. have long alleged that by supposedly keeping its currency undervalued against the dollar, China gives its exporters an unfair advantage in American markets.) Since Geithner's was the new Administration's first real comment on relations with Beijing, Chinese leaders reacted as if a hostile shot had been fired across their bow. But Obama then called China's President Hu Jintao...
...open the class. As a handful of people sing along under their breath, Coriel explains its cyclical structure and demonstrates how listeners must project their own experiences onto the lyrics in order to connect with the song.In the eyes of the students, Coriel’s class fills a void in the current curricular offerings. “There’s no actual classes in songwriting or on popular music in the music department,” says Daniel A. Masterson ’12. “Just being able to do it with some advising is pretty...