Word: graces
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...Apologies In her profound essay Nancy Gibbs' observation that we have "corrupted the culture of contrition" is the direct consequence of the erosion of personal grace in our society [March 30]. Sadly, decency has been replaced in great measure by coarseness - hence the absence of remorse or contrition. When our courts can demand that a defendant pay damages but not insist on any admission of guilt, we further validate as unnecessary any gesture of true contrition. Edmund Nasralla, BOCA RATON...
...White managed to close the gap from eight seat-lengths to five.“I think we came out with them at the start and then through the middle 1000, we kind of dropped off and they slowly wore us away feet by feet,” junior Grace Hollowell said. “I think we could have been more aggressive and charged hard through the middle 1000.”The Cardinals would hold on to cross the finish line with a time of 7:14.69, less than two seconds ahead of Radcliffe?...
...Market Watch: Married to Grace Jones Byrd (Also a Resident Tutor in Dunster House...
...global economic meltdown. Western countries are strikingly reticent these days about criticizing China's human-rights abuses, not least, perhaps, because Beijing has, for the first time, started warning the West not to take for granted its massive investments in their currencies and bonds. Capitalizing on this grace period, China has shored up its ties to repressive states such as Iran by signing a $3 billion natural-gas deal, challenged American ships off the coast of China and cracked down hard in Tibet for the 50th anniversary of the 1959 uprising. Yet Beijing has largely avoided high-level censure...
...teamed up with senior crew Lauren Brants for the entire weekend. Other than that combination, the lineups were thoroughly mixed for Harvard throughout the two days of contests. Senior Jon Garrity, sophomore John Stokes, and sophomore Teddy Himler skippered for the Crimson in the team racing competition, while sophomore Grace Charles, sophomore Quincy Bock, junior Winston Yan, and Konstadt shared time at crew...