Word: sectionalism
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...True dialogue—where you’re constructing something—doesn’t happen in section,” Seton said. “If there’s one theme in ‘The Big Question’ it’s that we’re trying to ask the big questions that relate to our role in society as college students, as Harvard students, as citizens...
...Harvard students, there are few greater delights than hearing our own voices, and section is the great playground for this pastime...
...know the deal. No one is planning on really learning anything in section, but the illusion of academic progress is always amusing. And so, each comment is carefully constructed not just to prove how intelligent the sectionee is, but to show just how right she is. Then the next person will object, to prove that he is in fact, “right-ier.” And perhaps the teaching fellow will get a word in with a “That’s not exactly what it means,” and prove they...
...introducing harmony and counterpoint to Arabic composition and including parts for Western symphonic instruments in his ensemble pieces. His career was tragically cut short by a cocaine overdose in 1923, but his productive years were enormously prolific: he left behind 30 musicals, 150 songs and eleven adwars (complex, multi-section, songs...
...basis of expected earnings this year, the 25 largest companies in the S&P 500 are cheaper than any other broad section of the market, says Stan Nabi, chief investment strategist at Silvercreek Asset Management: "They now have far more potential than risk." One of Nabi's favorites is Home Depot, whose profits have been soaring and should grow an additional 14% this year. Yet the company's shares sit 39% below their level of six years ago. Other depressed blue chips include Intel, Dell, J.P. Morgan, Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Verizon, Citigroup...