Word: wishfully
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...Federalist No. 10, Madison wrote that "liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment, without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life." Historically, such liberty could have led to splinter-party chaos; the U.S. instead channeled the political urge into two institutionalized parties. In their adversary relationship, they act as delicate checks upon one another, capitalizing on the deep American fear of unrestrained power. Though few voters would...
...Smith will state what he thinks the problem or problems are in the case, give his analysis, and propose action steps to rectify the situation. Smith has the floor, and can talk for as long as he wants. Afterwards, the professor will call on other students who may wish to disagree with Smith or guide the discussion along different lines...
Cambridge City Councillor Alfred E. Vellucci is going to make Yale and Leif Ericson both wish they'd never heard of America...
...details of the new policy. It should recommend prompt transition to computer tabulation, which nevertheless allows both student and Master to retain optional choice. A plan advanced by the Harvard Undergraduate Council last spring, for example, would permit students to rank as many or as few Houses as they wish, and Masters to request as many students as they wish. Then the choices would be matched by a computer, which would also consider distribution along the traditional lines. In this way, a maximum number of choices could be handled in the shortest possible time...
...unmistakable land mark in history, another great personal triumph for the Pope. Perhaps the most lasting effect of the pilgrimage would be what theologians might call a "demythologizing" of the papacy. In escaping again the museum-like confines of the Vatican for the secular world, the Pope dramatized his wish to be not only the Vicar of Christ but also the servant of the servants of God. In a world grown tired and suspicious of ritual and mystery, it was well for the humble man Paul to be recognized beneath the exalted churchly office. For the more the world...