Word: ear
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...logic by planting too-linear sequences of thought in Day’s brain.Virtually flawless, however, is Kennedy’s rich language and the even richer character who takes life from it. Kennedy writes like a smoother T.C. Boyle, her Britishisms landing softer on the ear than the American slang Boyle bandies about. She has his wit, his lyrical vision, and his ability to slice keenly with language, to be precise and poignant. But her sentences haunt and linger longer than her American counterpart, particularly when she fearlessly confronts Day’s disillusion: “Alfred supposed...
...individuality and grants her subjects intimacy and dignity. The effect is akin to reading a neighbor’s home-printed Christmas letter that’s sprinkled with updates on 10-year-old Sammy’s Little League triumphs. Luckily, Faust has a good ear for picking just the right words. One teenager, “Nannie Haskins of Tennessee,” takes offense when told her black mourning dress becomes her. “‘Becomes me fiddlestick,’” Faust quotes Haskins as writing...
...some voters' minds even before the dream was made flesh two weeks ago in Los Angeles, where, at the end of the Kodak Theatre debate, Obama and Clinton smiled, embraced each other for more than the usual nanosecond and then seemed to whisper something knowing in each other's ear. After weeks of hand-to-hand combat and rumors of tiffs that may or may not have been real, the Hug rightly or wrongly got even more people thinking about the power of two. Even if their act was dutiful, evanescent and faked for the cameras, party regulars seemed...
...might seem self-evident, it is imperative that the new dean of the College be responsive to student interests. In creating open dialogue with student groups and the Undergraduate Council (UC), it is crucial that the needs of students in all areas of undergraduate life meet a truly receptive ear. For instance, many undergraduates feel isolated from the process of choosing House masters. An ideal dean would solicit student input when making the kind of decisions that affect House life so profoundly. Especially in light of the withdrawal of UC party funds in the fall and last week?...
John McCain's presidential campaign has no shortage of sophisticated political consultants. There's Steve Schmidt, who masterminded Arnold Schwarzenegger's comeback in California; veteran strategist Charlie Black, whose counsel has found an ear in every Republican White House since Reagan; Mark McKinnon, the political advertising genius who made John Kerry's wind surfing famous; Mark Salter, McCain's co-author, speechwriter and id; and Rick Davis, a successful lobbyist and Washington sage. They've all been with the campaign since it began, and they all survived its implosion last summer; the only thing that really took...