Word: disinterest
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...currently on Harvard's payroll, Etchemendy and Richard, have both issued statements that suggest they may not be available for a move to Harvard—even though sources close to the committee have said that the group is not paying attention to candidates' publicly stated interest or disinterest in the presidency...
...says Koning Shen ’10. So even after emails from both Bok and Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67, test administrators are still looking for more students to participate. Maybe they will use their critical thinking skills to attribute 2010’s disinterest to a) apathy b) laziness c) agoraphobia d) bad timing or e) all of the above...
...presidency, two people close to the Harvard Corporation, the University’s most powerful governing body, said the nine-member presidential search committee is considering her as a candidate. In addition, the sources said the committee is paying no attention to a candidate’s publicly stated disinterest in the presidency. Gutmann is considered a strong contender for the presidency, but her candidacy presents a dilemma for the University. If she is willing to turn her back on an institution she has led for only two years, some search committee members believe this could represent a larger loyalty...
...This is probably my favorite, given that it’s the most pity I’ve gotten since Hubert, the hermit crab that illegally adopted my Grays room as residence for three months, passed away in January.The third response I’ve received is complete disinterest. A “hmph” or dismissive nod might indicate a slight acknowledgement of the hassle of getting up at 5:30 a.m. in order to be at work at eight. Yet other than that, the response is one of “tough luck...
...often speak of “senioritis” as a kind of short-term infection that afflicts second-semester seniors with crippling laziness, or at least a casual disinterest in all things productive. But this age-specific illness is also often characterized by an increased predilection toward most things unexpected, not simply abandoning books for booze, but really finding unusual diversions and activities. Sometimes these two pursuits are combined into masterful social experiments: look at the Last Senior Standing competition, or the wine seminars held throughout the upperclassmen Houses in the spring...