Word: wising
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...James Baxter is the Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellow...
...past should be one of the goals of this University. The remarkable enthusiasm of so many of its students for contributing to the welfare of the world is a huge asset—as long as they remember that they need to be more than good Samaritans. Ultimately, wise policies at home, and successful ones abroad, require fair and decent governments. Good citizens cannot turn their backs on politics, whatever the frustrations of political involvement and action may be. If they do, what Tocqueville called “democratic individualism”—the triumph of the private...
...would be wise for Obama to grant her that conceit, up to a point. She, more than he, has the power to unite or destroy the party. The question for Clinton is, How does she go about cashing in her chips? By forcing a tough, immediate negotiation with Obama over the vice presidency and other issues or by making an immediate show of her desire to strengthen Obama for the coming fray? A number of Clinton's top advisers, especially in the finance and policy realms, thought Clinton's best course of action was to make herself immediately indispensable: offer...
...past, the University has shied away from giving honorary doctorates to individuals currently holding a political office, although there have been notable exceptions, including Vice President Albert Gore ’69 in 1994 and then-Senator John F. Kennedy in 1956. This tradition seems wise, as it keeps the University out of politics and reaffirms that honorary degrees cannot be exchanged for political favors. Such concerns may be particularly applicable in Senator Kennedy’s case, as University President Drew G. Faust testified before his committee in March to argue for increased funding for the National Institutes...
...Students who are so unfamiliar with BCBS’s approach to abortion coverage that they are not already aware of the opportunity for the refund are not those students strong enough in their convictions (or familiar enough with this issue) to make a wise and socially conscious decision regarding this element of health insurance. It is easy to imagine a student who is not sexually active or who engages in only the safest modes of intercourse choosing to opt for the refund because they cannot imagine themselves ever needing an abortion and find the idea of aborting disturbing...