Word: waverings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gently undulating phrase that is the ideal accompaniment for the song's simple melody. It is not a phrase for a harp to pluck--this "Ruh" was more irritating than peaceful. Baer seemed uncomfortable with the music being made around him, yet the strength of his voice did not waver. Like most people, he probably regretted Gillman's decision to end the song with a drum roll...
Memorial Church is a Harvard church in the sense that it serves Harvard students, faculty and staff. We might ask it to accommodate itself to the Harvard community for the sake of peace, a general calm in the community, but we cannot and should not ask it to waver in its commitment to principle. Not only will such accommodation weaken the church, it will weaken the moral force of its pronouncements...
...that instead we hear the same tired old rhetoric about such issues as the deficit, welfare reform and family values. Cynicism in this area is unwarranted for two reasons. To begin with, these topics may be old, but they are vital and unresolved. If we allow our attention to waver simply because we've heard it all before, then perhaps we've been watching a little too much television. Additionally, there are new ideas out there which are vibrant and exciting. For instance, Clinton's plan to raise an army of one million volunteers to ensure that all third-graders...
Inner-directed and often unwilling to waver from a preplanned track, Harvard students may hesitate to devote a lot of time to activism, which does not always guarantee success...
Pepsi may be enthusiastic, but we will not be won over by such unethical behavior. Even their $25,000 payment for forcing their inferior products down our throats will not make our loyalties waver...