Word: aptness
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...Farrakhan, still impetuous at 60, is a problem for himself. In private a calm, seemingly rational man yearning for a place among trusted elders of his race, he is apt in public to get carried away on a wave of rhetoric and say things so intemperate, so easily misunderstood -- and sometimes not misunderstood -- that he thwarts his ambition...
...great many white Americans view their black fellow citizens with fear. Farrakhan's call for separatism and economic "reparations" and his assertion of black racial superiority win respect from millions of blacks, even among those who wish he would stop calling Jews "bloodsuckers." While most whites are apt to think his abusive rhetoric should be ignored if not silenced, many blacks think he is saying some things America ought to hear...
Perhaps that's the most apt word to describe the Harvard women's swimming team. Four sophomores and two freshman combined to win seven events as the Crimson (6-1, 6-1) rolled past Cornell in its season finale...
While the dorm rooms of Peninsula Council members have yet to be overrun by angry liberal forces, the battle analogy is apt...
...hour-long speech was an apt symbol of Clinton's presidency after one year: a bold, ungainly, often messy affair that moves in many directions, is impervious to order and yet, by sheer dint of effort, may prove successful. Recent polls have shown that Americans -- whatever they think of his policies and his character -- appreciate Clinton's formidable energy and his doughty resilience. And Clinton knows these traits are his biggest advantages. As he told a senior Republican lawmaker last fall, "I'm a lot like Baby Huey. I'm fat. I'm ugly. But if you push me down...