Word: furthering
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Implicitly recognizing the fallacy in their own argument, the officials turn to their alternative excuse: that an athletic program is "so ingrained as part of American college life that students and alumni alike have come to expect varsity sports at colleges." Agreed. Harvard officials point out that most schools bend...
But what "liberty"? And how high a price for it? Bush's vague rhetoric--and his refusal to seek approval from Congress for his de facto pursuit of war--have needlessly pushed the world to the brink of catastrophe. Before blindly accepting the costs of a military assault on Kuwait...
When they finally started fooling around with mariachi sounds in the mid-' 70s, the band members found another ingredient for its unique sound, as well as a further source of income: with a repertory of Mexican favorites, they could work the local wedding circuit. Eventually the coming of punk and...
In his interview with CNN last week, the President conceded that there is "a ticking of the clock" toward war, in part because public support for his policies is dropping. That, in turn, owes to his failure to convincingly state the case for his strategy. The gravest risk is that...
The creation of the all-volunteer army in 1973 made the present imbalance inevitable. The Vietnam-era draft was full of inequities that allowed middle- class youths to duck into college and professional deferments. But once conscription ended, the proportion of soldiers from more educated and affluent backgrounds dwindled even...