Word: outwards
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...have always suspected that a bank with "Fidelity" in its title was going to lose my money. The mere assertion of loyalty is often enough to signal betrayal. One of the weaknesses of loyalty is that unlike friendship, it requires some outward demonstration or declaration, and so invites insincerity. It is also, by implication, unconditional, and suggests that though you do not agree with the person or institution to which you are expected to stick, you will do so anyway. All this practically guarantees treason...
...they? Many women on campus question whether, despite the apparent equality, they have the same opportunities as their male colleagues and friends.. Today's problems, they say, may be less visible than the outward discrimination earlier in the century, but they are just as inhibiting and repressive...
However, the provost's announcement is symbolic of Harvard's close analysis of its own approach to globalization. Just when Harvard appeared to be looking outward, this decision seems to be motivated by a re-focusing on education...