Word: balloons
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...many observers remarked that it was not the affair but the lie to the nation (“I did not have sexual relations…”) that made impeachment politically possible. Had the President set aside his pride and more swiftly apologized, many think, the impeachment balloon might have been deflated. Likewise, if Bush stood up like Richard Clarke and took responsibility, it would be much harder to criticize his attitude on the 9/11 attacks. If his officials would straightforwardly defend their actions—explain why the caskets are worth it, for example, rather than hide...
Four new Houses mean at least 1,500 new undergraduates. Imagine what this will mean for academics. More mediocre Teaching Fellows (TFs) will assume teaching duties, professors will be less accessible and intro-course class sizes will balloon beyond Sanders Theatre’s capacity. On the plus side, Harvard athletics will get a boost when Ec 10 students stay after class—now held in the Harvard Stadium—and actually sell out a home football game. Scraping the bottom of the barrel for TFs and sending class sizes higher and higher does not sound like...
...boom has been a mixed blessing for mainland companies-and it may turn out to be mixed for the rest of the world, too. Concerns that China's economy is rising too fast are intensifying, and efforts by Beijing to let some of the air out of the balloon before it bursts have so far proved ineffective. The latest statistics, released last week, added to the alarm. Despite the central government's efforts to curtail unrestrained bank lending and excessive investment in sectors such as real estate and automaking, China's economy surged 9.7% in the first quarter this year...
...trial balloon floated last month that would shift first-year advising to the Houses appears to be failing...
After his big weekend at Yale, Hale finished his junior season on a tear, watching his season average balloon from .134 to .257. League competition caught the brunt of the hot streak...