Word: apt
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...swings of their own without so much as a solitary notch in the "W" column? Both of those teams are basement-dwellers in their respective conferences; and though Harvard still has four teams between itself and the ECAC cellar, somehow comparisons with the B's and C's seem apt for a team dangerously close to flunking out of the 1996-97 season...
Inability to execute offensively is a euphism. Inability to even get a decent shot off is more apt...
However, boarding schools are not so apt as colleges to fall victim to the pervasive liberalism that defines our campus today. At college, liberalism seeks to define people by their race, culture or sexual orientation. The emphasis is on our differences; the goal is their separation. A small boarding school like St. Paul's tries to act as a family, where differences are recognized, appreciated and applauded, but a profound sense of what we have in common overrides our differences. At St. Paul's, a student is subjected to the "St. Paul's experience" above and beyond a "black experience...
...pick Hong Kong's first leader under Chinese rule, which begins July 1. "Qian needs to listen to Hong Kong people's views, not only the views of people who support China," said legislator Andrew Cheng of the Democrats, Hong Kong's biggest political party. So today, with apt timing, China dispensed a summary reminder to Hong Kong--and to the world--that it is neither responsive nor repentant. A heavily guarded Beijing court took just 10 minutes to reject the appeal of Wang Dan, the dissident sentenced to 11 years in prison for articles written in Hong Kong newspapers...
...Rico EDUCATION: Dodge Vocational High School, diploma, 1961 FAMILY: Wife, Mary Staucet; five children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army Medical Corps, 1964-66 OCCUPATION: Public official POLITICAL CAREER: New York Assembly, 1975-90; sought Democratic nomination for Bronx borough president, 1985; U.S. House, 1990- ADDRESS: 203 West 90th Street, Apt. 4B, New York...