Word: afterthought
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...with work in the neighborhoods of West Philadelphia. Other Ivies also have strong community-based learning programs, which have flourished, in large measure, because they support professors in developing curricula that integrate activity-based work with classroom learning. Activity-based components are not merely tacked onto courses as an afterthought, as the latest model proposed by Harvard’s Task Force on General Education may appear to suggest...
...more often than not, we as individuals are the primary culprits of our sleep deprivation. We load up on too many classes and activities, factoring in sleep—if at all—as an annoying afterthought to be squeezed in. No one makes us pile on these commitments, but anything less feels “below average.” It takes a courageous (or utterly detached) Harvard student to risk “inferiority,” especially in the name of sleeping well. So when we look around and begin to consider the Harvard sleep culture...
...this company be saved? Why not? Retailing is full of 360 turnarounds. Wall Street darling Abercrombie & Fitch, for example, was once an afterthought unit of Limited Brands but spun itself off and repositioned itself as the hottest label for the teen crowd. Even once dowdy JCPenney reinvigorated itself by hiring a smart merchandiser, Vanessa Castagna, as executive vice president and giving her the freedom to remake the brand. "She helped make Penney's cool, and the Gap needs to be cool," says Chen...
...version, touting the vehicle's payload, towing capacity and other manly features (like really big brakes). In the evening, Toyota unveiled a hybrid concept sports car, FT-HS, a sculpted angular beauty with a scalloped hood and retractable roof panel. Considering the Tundra extravaganza, however, it seemed like an afterthought...
...prior to his hanging, Saddam had become something of an afterthought. The nightmare of his tyranny has been replaced by the new plagues of terrorism and sectarian carnage. Many Iraqis--not all of them Sunni--hark nostalgically back to the dictatorship, pointing out that for all the terrors Saddam visited upon his people, at least there were no suicide bombers and death squads roaming the streets. But once his trial began, even his most ardent followers conceded he would never return to power. The Sunni Baathist insurgents have long since stopped fighting for him. Many have recast themselves...