Word: bleeds
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Equally unpersuasive points abound in the Survival Guide—for example, that the senior gift makes other students happy here, even if the donor himself is not—and it’s quite clear that the committee exists to bleed seniors of cash: “We want all students to give what they can,” giving being “relative to one’s financial circumstances.” The committee strikes a disturbingly Orwellian chord: “It is important to educate all seniors about proportionate giving...
...That’s the first time I have heard the general be so dismissive of lieutenants, who bleed a lot in wars,” Kerry said...
...what the Harvard men’s hockey team (6-5-1, 4-4-1 ECAC) has been telling Princeton for a number of years now. And as the Crimson travels down to New Jersey, memories of last month’s third-period collapse on home ice still bleed afresh...
...promise to crush the rebellion in the breakaway republic brought Putin to power in 2000. But guerrillas are still defying him: last week a suicide bomber brought mayhem to a street less than 100 m from the Kremlin. The most likely scenario is stasis: Chechnya will continue to bleed and bombs will explode throughout Russia. One thing is certain: however bad it gets, Putin will get no flak from the tame Duma...
Yalies seem to have their priorities straight—as the motto says, “For God, For Country, and For Yale.” Indeed, Yalies proudly sport the Yale insignia on backpacks to boxers, and not just at the Game—Yalies bleed Eli blue—they submit with pleasure to the cult of the bulldog...