Word: clevernesses
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Churchill was a mediocre student at Harrow; his father thought him "not clever enough to go to the Bar," and instead encouraged him to enter the army. As Churchill left Harrow, he predicted to his friends that one day he would lead the defense of London against a deadly foe. He also thrice took the entrance examination for Sandhurst (Britain's West Point) before passing, and even then scored only well enough to join the less prestigious cavalry...
...reee. I had started to say the name of Tim Reid, the actor who played Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati, when I realized I couldn't think of his first name, so I halted mid-syllable, fearing a partial answer would help my competition. This defensive strategy, while clever, wasn't necessary, since the question was about plants. But my noise was disarming enough to cause the host to walk over to me and say, "Joel, let me ask you one thing: Are you out of your mind?" This too made...
...think any serious candidate will be opposed to [the increase]," said Paul A. Gusmorino '02, "but there will be opposition about whether the money should go to student groups, or to the council for Springfest-type things, or some other clever idea that hasn't been thought...
While this clever visual mechanism seems unique among contemporary creatures, a similar one existed in another, more ancient species: the segmented trilobites, which became extinct 230 million years...
...Foster's got it right on this one--and I'm praying that Hopkins sees the light soon. I read the book this summer and giggled the whole way through. It's all one big bomb of a joke. See, Thomas Harris is a clever guy. He has no designs on being a literary superstar--a John Grisham, a Jackie Collins, a Stephen King--who churns out crap every year to please his publishers and loyal audience. Harris, for all we know, is sick to death of these characters that have pigeon-holed...