Word: brush
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...statements I use not as proof, but as an illustration of the mentality of many of the Republicans I have encountered during my time at Harvard. Sure there are moderates; there always are, and they don’t deserve to be tainted by the same brush. But that W was elected to lead the HRC in the first place suggests something about the people who elected...
This year’s crop of charm-seekers included curious freshmen, seniors partaking in their final moments of MIT tradition, graduate students seeking to brush up on social skills, a handful of Harvard students, and even MIT’s Beaver mascot...
...athlete and knowing how to manage the reaction. You have to feel the sensations and interpret them as best you can." That awkward contact presents another challenge for "sliders" - jokes from bemused spectators (the punch line of a Robin Williams riff on doubles luge: "Boys, get a room!"). Some brush them off: "If I wasn't luging, I'd be the one making fun of it," says Canada's Chris Moffat, a former singles rider now paired with younger brother Mike. Others take exception to the cracks. "O.K., we've heard the joke a million times," says Martin...
That awkward contact presents another challenge for "sliders"--jokes from bemused spectators (the punch line of a Robin Williams riff on doubles luge: "Boys, get a room!"). Some brush them off: "If I wasn't luging, I'd be the one making fun of it," says Canada's Chris Moffat, a former singles rider now paired with younger brother Mike. Others take exception to the cracks. "O.K., we've heard the joke a million times," says Martin, 32, who won bronze with Grimmette in '98, silver in '02 and is chasing the U.S.'s first-ever luge gold...
...storm-especially if your government places a low priority on the efficient provision of public services and a high priority on the care and feeding of cronies (as Fatah did in Palestine). Bush's global-democracy, uhhh, crusade, is yet another triumph of spin over substance, a broad-brush carelessness that feeds off emotional election-day highs, flag waving and freedom rallies across the region but which has led, in every case, to severe hangovers...