Word: towardness
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...calculator to make sure things fall on a rhythmic pattern that is informed by math. My work has always involved sitting down at a computer and focusing on the smallest detail and working on tiny little things for hours at a time that eventually go toward a bigger picture. And that's kind of how I approach my music...
...movie with all these gruesome elements could easily be sensational. Maybe this one should have been. Maybe the telling should have a little flair, and a headlong rush toward dreadful truths. But that's not Eastwood's way. He just wants to tell the story, in uninflected, police-procedural fashion; the movie is like a flatfoot following a suspicious trail with no special intuition but an admirable doggedness. It doesn't hurtle, it ambles. You will find, on the Internet, documentation about the Wineville Chicken Coop matter, and the criminality of then-Mayor George Cryer as a pawn...
...assist on the play. Akpan had a standout performance as he notched two goals, increasing his season total to six. He accumulated a team-high five points on the day. Akpan appeared in top form just in time for the Crimson, as it makes its stretch run toward an Ivy championship. In the 68th minute, John Stamatis passed the ball to Akpan, who dribbled through the top edge of the box before finally knocking the ball into the right side of the goal. The two paired up again, this time scoring from the left side with less than a minute...
From the Magna Carta to the Bill of Rights to Miranda v. Arizona, western legal systems have been making steady progress toward providing the accused with sufficient due process in the name of justice. While the guarantee of defendants’ rights has fortunately caught on in much of the world, the Administrative Board of Harvard College remains an unfortunate exception. Since its establishment in 1890, the Ad Board has operated under rules and restrictions that are fundamentally unfair to students. When students are called before the Ad Board, the deck is clearly stacked against them. Students are not allowed...
...themselves because they endanger all countries, whether rich or poor, small or big,” Ban said. Ban called terrorism and weapons of mass destruction “the most serious threat to international peace and security.” He said that nuclear disarmament and the move toward a WMD-free world would be the best path to achieve international peace. He attributed multiple governments’ reluctance to adopt this policy to their misunderstanding of the U.N.’s disarmament plan. To prevent terrorism, Ban encouraged countries to explore nontraditional security measures and involve civic...