Word: callouses
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...history of Harvard Yard, I can neither understand nor condone this senseless removal of a talented administrator like Lewis. The manner in which he was forced out has made me reconsider fundamentally my support for the current administration. I cannot help but wonder whether the University’s callous treatment of one of its most dedicated alumni demonstrates that the loyalty that Harvard asks of its graduates is only a one-way street...
...Hillary? Tough, determined, thin and lithe, "bags and bags of energy." And what did Band think now of the - to modern ears - hilariously measured tones with which Hunt described the moment of triumph? Oh, said Band, all climbers are stoics. They have to be, for climbing can be "somewhat callous and barbaric. It's a dangerous sport." Besides, he added quietly, "it was a different world...
...shocked by this decision, and by the callous refusal to offer me any justification for it." MICHAEL JORDAN, retired basketball great, after the Washington Wizards failed to rehire him as president of basketball operations...
...security expenditures in the Middle East are not exclusively due to a desire for a continuous stream of oil, as some leftists would like to believe. But it would be extremely difficult to rationalize that it has no effect. There are other dictators around the world who are as callous as Saddam Hussein, and by whose demise an American president would gain more. Fidel Castro, for instance, has one of the most extensive hate clubs of any person in the United States—particularly among the easily swayed voters of South Florida, a crucial state in presidential elections. Steam...
...entirely different nature than any of the other issues that the Ad Board considers. They require genuine professional knowledge, beyond procedural training. The many demands on the Ad Board apart from sexual assault and the positions of its members within the academic community make it prone to appear callous, inconsistent and uninviting to sexual assault survivors. Such a recommendation was not within the scope of CASAH, but is much needed...