Word: dicey
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...tolerance” is a dicey word. It gets repeated like a mantra in these parts. Its syllables merge into the murky, hypnotic murmur of PC-speak that might be called the soundtrack to Harvard life. Tolerance is a generous word, not particularly demanding on those who use it, because it leaves lots of room for uninterrogated prejudice under a brittle veneer of civility. Tolerance accommodates statements like, “I have no problem with gay people, I just don’t see why they have to be so in-your-face about...
What’s more, one hesitates to trivialize what seems to have been a very serious episode. Howard lost consciousness and sustained severe facial injuries. The police are involved. And Harvard itself is a very small community, making commentary of this sort necessarily dicey...
...PULL IT OFF? Dicey. But Grant wouldn't blame him for trying. "Everybody wants to be Cary Grant," he once said. "Even I want to be Cary Grant...
...Dicey. One victim is already suing. Plus Shannen Doherty is the host--what, they didn't want her for The Surreal Life...
...dicey economy, the networks appear to have played their cards shrewdly. Broadcasters sold a higher than usual proportion of their ad time last spring--about 85%, vs. the more typical 75%. They not only got their high prices up front but also created a squeeze for the few spots left this fall. Yet the high prices reflect an increase in demand, not just a contraction of supply. Jon Nesvig, sales president of News Corporation's Fox Broadcasting Co., says his network has seen a big boost in advertisers seeking spots in sports programming (demand that was depressed last fall...