Word: asterisked
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...only more radical, especially as genetic engineering grows more advanced. When people of means can buy sharper brains and stronger bodies for themselves or better genetic profiles for their kids, juiced-up athletes will be the least of our ethical worries. If Giants slugger Barry Bonds deserves an asterisk next to his home-run records, maybe we will deserve asterisks next to our salaries, our sexual conquests and our kids' SAT scores...
...matter who wins this election, the results tonight—if there are any—will be accompanied by an unfortunate asterisk. Nationwide, from Florida to Ohio, from Pennsylvania to Wisconsin, battleground states are emerging literally as battlegrounds—not only in terms of the struggle to persuade the handful of undecideds, but also in terms of the concerted, underhanded strategy underway to prevent those enfranchised from exercising their constitutional right to vote. Outside groups (and some groups connected to the inside) have taken up this deplorable shadow campaign, which unfortunately strikes at the legitimacy...
...first indication that Smile was not to remain an asterisk in pop history came in 2003, when Wilson (now severed from the Beach Boys) announced his intent to reconstruct and play the album in concerts across Europe. The first of those, in London, attracted instant claims of “timelessness,” both for the concert and what was increasingly seen as a new ordering and orchestration of Smile itself...
...skill aside, Thomas’ glaring lack of experience against the sort of competition he’ll see in a game setting might tempt some to mark him with an asterisk, if not overlook him altogether...
...part, council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05 expressed surprise that not even an asterisk indicated that the fee was optional...