Word: benignity
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...up” and otherwise antagonized, Mr. Buckley lashes out: “Listen, you queer. Stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I’ll sock you in the god-damn face, and you will stay plastered.” Quaint postwar vernacular aside, the moment, somehow benign on the page, seems pretty ugly on video, in the light of day. From understandable rancor and an articulate tongue springs this petulant slur; Buckley seems at once less like a cultured commentator, and more like a prep-school prat, bullying...
...back and coming out of every game, win after win. It just builds confidence,” Kessler said. The Crimson scored at least once in every period and received goals from four different players. Kessler was the constant, racking up 18 mostly benign saves and continuing to cement her status as one of the very best goalies in the nation. “It’s great to know that I’m succeeding, but most of the credit is due to the defense,” Kessler said. “Coming out with...
...Crimson scored at least once in every period and received goals from four different players. Kessler was the constant, racking up 18 mostly benign saves and continuing to cement her status as one of the very best goalies in the nation...
...town and then becomes a bigger bad guy than the bad guys he was asked to eliminate. Putin was weaned by the KGB, and I anticipate the worst from him. His very expression is off-putting. I'm 80 years old, not a profane person and quite benign in my declining years. But when I opened the magazine and saw that low-angle shot of Putin, I impulsively shouted a curse, like an uncouth youth. Andrew Halmay, TORONTO
...seems interested in trying again for this year's MLK day; last year's bust was an all-too-common reminder of Atlanta's nagging social segregation - a sort of benign but nonetheless disturbing separate but equal. "It's [still] the South [and] people aren't as open-minded here as other cities like San Francisco or New York," says Jill Renee Brummond, who does marketing and event planning for local clubs. "People are focused on color here. Atlanta as a whole is set in its ways." Alison White, a black, 30-something medical recruiter, agrees: "There...