Word: explicitly
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...Only 47 percent of Harvard students say they drink with the explicit goal of getting drunk, while 54 percent of college students nationwide...
...ideal world, Harvard's admissions policy, which was cited approvingly by the Supreme Court in the 1978 University of California Regents v. Bakke case, is the model method toward which other schools should strive. Although Harvard acknowledges that race is one factor in the deliberation process, there is no explicit point system, meaning that an individual can be considered independently of any rigid scale. This allows for a more nuanced approach that places race within the context of an applicant's whole life experience...
...country. Many argue that abstinence (and the active teaching of its tenets) is the only safeguard against the scourge of STDs. As this study has demonstrated, however, there appears to be some confusion as to what actual abstinence requires. Sexual health educators argue that withholding information - even if its explicit nature makes us squirm - from teenagers is tantamount to granting them permission to engage in everything but actual intercourse, without understanding the potential consequences...
...Major goals like this one are not achieved quickly," he writes in an e-mail message. "Explicit plans are not yet in place...
...problem with [arguments against affirmative action] is there's still explicit discrimination against minorities," Bianco said. "Race discrimination is still prevalent...