Word: basic
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...parents find out that I’m a lesbian, they’ll disown me”). The messages on these doors were desperate cries for help and, still, somebody was instructed to scrub at them until they were no longer visible. The basic problem with Harvard’s student support network is that there are too many groups and that, partially as a result, students do not use them as often as they should. The Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR) should amalgamate all of the various support groups on campus, forming one centralized support...
...some group that will be capable of keeping you safe, and that group had better be one that can count on your loyalty just as you can count on its protection. If you are a member of my ethnic, racial or religious group, then we share at least some basic bond, which may be enough to ensure our loyalty to one another. I need some assurance that you will have my back, and identity is better than nothing...
...holds the majority-enforce the ethics rules each chamber sets up to govern members? conduct. This runs from governing the use of official expense accounts and payroll to determining when a congressman or an aide must recuse himself from official action to avoid a conflict (answer: rarely). The most basic stricture of House ethics guidelines gives the ethics committee leeway to act or not act in almost any case. It requires that a congressman ?shall conduct himself at all times in a manner which shall reflect creditably on the House of Representatives.? In more extreme cases, they investigate colleagues...
...approved by all parties, the new deal would allow Bush to avert a GOP-driven bill to overturn the Dubai deal with enough votes to override Bush's threat of his first veto. Republican sources tell TIME that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee proposed the basic terms of a deal designed to give the White House a graceful way out, while also allaying the concerns of the many lawmakers in both parties who have said the deal could be a threat to our security. Under the Frist plan, the deal could stand a good chance of ultimately going...
...P.O.W.W.!” (an acronym for the play cleverly disguised as Batman-esque onomatopoeia). The flyers featured two panels with stylized Lichtenstein drawings, one with the necessary information about auditions, the other attempting to move the play beyond early-twentieth century provincialism by emphasizing its basic draws: “Sex, Lies, and Patricide—in Beautiful Ireland!” Still, whatever the visceral appeal of the play, Spillane-Hinks maintains a strict professionalism throughout the process. Auditions begin Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the Agassiz’ high-ceilinged Horner Room, which, with its wood floors, chandeliers...