Word: helpful
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...with all sorts of advice and information from my upperclass friends and random brochures alike. They told me to "seek out those professors" and they sung of the glories of "Harvard's resources." The only office hours I remember using, however, were those of my Chem 10 TF, for help with problem sets. My attempts to meet with my professors went as far as highlighting their contact information on my syllabi...
...Bush campaign does have serious concerns about the legality of the recounts--and those concerns will be addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court Friday. Though the decision to hear the case was a surprise, it will help to reassure the American public that the appropriate decisions will be made. The Court is being looked to for guidance in political matters, which for them is an uncomfortable but necessary position in this election...
...They are the only men who know what it feels like to be stalled just outside the White House door. Gore's friend Harry Reid, the Nevada Senator, who has been through two election recounts of his own, got a call from Gore on Monday--a plea not for help or information so much as empathy. "It was just a conversation where he was remarking that he had won a quarter million more votes than his opponent, yet this was coming down to hundreds of votes in Florida," Reid says. For all the talk about how Gore is binging...
...recounts and that even in counties Bush had won, their analysis showed more miscast ballots came from Democrats than Republicans. Whatever that may say about the aptitude of voters from the two parties, it told Bush's people that demanding recounts in G.O.P. counties might hurt more than help. They let the deadline pass without requesting them...
...faced annihilation. In the confusion and crashing grenade explosions, it took the FARC attackers a while to realize that they were suddenly being shot at from an unexpected corner of the jungle: Castano's men had entered the fray. "What else could we do? The sergeant needed our help," says Castano...