Word: pertaining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that responding to the concerns of one's constituents, whether it pertain to obtaining "pork barrel" funds for a particular local project, providing shelter for the homeless, or ridding the neighborhood of the drugs that are daily being sold on its street corner, is pandering...
...much does this really pertain to the present controversy? Of course, The Crimson is not the state, but the important matter is that this is advertising. Since advertising is paid commercial space, it's neither free nor open, by definition. In fact, those who can't pay, don't have a voice--in advertising--at all. (I doubt that Playboy will find itself in this position any time in the forseeable future...
Proctors too should take note. A situation or activity which fosters the belief among certain Harvard students that they are above the law seems to me to be a dangerous proposition, particularly for an institution which prides itself on producing future leaders and professionals. Does the law not pertain to sign thieves? Not even Harvard students could be so arrogant as to answer yes. Jonathan Shapiro
...experimental changes in her voice succeed better when they pertain to the meaning of the songs. Her accent helps her role as an Aussic in "The Dreaming" or as a Cockney thug blowing up a bank in "There Goes a Tenner." Her frequent use of electronic voice-altering techniques help set the mood of many of the songs. At the end of "Keep it Open" the words are lost and her voice seems to become another instrument. She seems to sing backwards along a wavering Oriental line...
...referendum generated a great deal of debate as to whether running such a referendum was an appropriate Council activity. Some argued that giving Harvard students an opportunity to make known their views on the nuclear arms race and interventionary foreign policy is inappropriate because these issues do not pertain directly and uniquely to the student council...