Word: basic
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...issue of trust itself presents a problem. The shows pit the contestants not only against nature but against each other as well. While they must work together to ensure that basic needs are met, they must also be wary of whether they will be voted off the island by the person helping them build the hut. This undercurrent of uncertainty is frightening-the contestants must go through this ordeal not knowing whom they can trust...
...These tasks take time away from the basic work of reading, thinking, writing and talking to students in and out of class," Vendler says. "It's a waste of resources. It doesn't take somebody paid at my rate to do filing...
Peter Drucker, the management guru, writes that within a few short decades, society rearranges itself--its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structure, its arts, its key institutions. Fifty years later, there is a new world. For me, and for millions of Red Sox fans all over the world, Boston--and Red Sox baseball--are going through a transformation...
...Cultural diversity isn't just about a food fair," added Anna M. Baldwin '01. "The basic feeling was that [the Foundation] thought this was just a bunch of sexual crap...
...course, in pointing to China's deteriorating human rights situation over the past year, particularly in respect of repression of religious activities, the State Department may risk raising questions about the basic premise of U.S. "engagement" with China - that trade with the West and economic reform will have a liberalizing effect on Chinese society. Then again, even if Washington had succeeded in orchestrating a nasty wrist-slap of Beijing by a U.N. talk shop, it might not have significantly altered the prospects for passing the China trade deal on Capitol Hill. After all, while they cite concerns over human rights...