Word: yes
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...cleaning) in order to help save the planet. Conservatives do so partly because they believe pursuing self-interest in the form of material pleasures is necessary for the proper functioning of markets. Liberals do so because they believe rampant materialism can distort the proper functioning of democracies (and because "Yes We Can" T shirts don't need dry cleaning anyway). But what if environmentalism didn't really involve sacrifice in the first place? (Read "A Greener Convention, a Greener Future...
...Brett Sweet and others” to research Harvard’s coping mechanisms during past recessions. In a rare moment of uncertainty at the next meeting, Smith stopped mid-thought to double-check a fact with Sweet, who sat on the sidelines. “Yes,” Sweet quietly affirmed, nodding...
...Harvard theater gets very little non-financial support from the University, which is great in the sense that Harvard students get to take on jobs like directing and producing that at other universities would be afterthoughts for professionals. It would be easier, yes, but less enriching if Harvard worked that way. If you love it, if you’re focused and energetic and talented and tireless, then there is no better feeling than the one you get just before the lights come up on opening night. But I wasn’t any of those things, which I realized...
...government spending on education, infrastructure, and healthcare, along with tax cuts, rebates, and unemployment benefits was necessary. Though we were happy that Obama’s stimulus package passed the House of Representatives anyway, we were disappointed that not one of the House’s 177 Republicans voted yes on it.Though much happened in national politics outside of the presidency, the most exciting moment of the year was the election of President Barack Obama. Strikingly different when compared with the Bush administration, Obama’s respect for intelligence and encouragement of change are what we asked...
...burdened by the continual process of coming out as I am. But he too finds Facebook to be convenient. "I didn't have to have the same conversation a thousand times," he says. "Plus, there's a radical empowerment that comes from declaring your identity in the public sphere." Yes, Harreld does actually talk that...