Word: earful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kennedy's strongest appeal may be his clout in the Senate. The incumbent is still considered an effective legislator, still has the president's ear and still holds important positions on two prominent Senate committees; he is the chair of the Labor and Human Resources committee and the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. This summer, he was instrumental in securing the confirmation of Law School lecturer Stephen G. Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court...
...other ad, Barrett describes himself as "a maverick Democrat" in the tradition of Paul Tsongas, whose Democratic "human instincts" combine with "the fiscal responsibility of the other party." The "third way," as Barrett calls it, is a combination of liberal social policy and conservative economic policy. To the untrained ear, that might sound remarkably like the approach that led incumbent Republican William F. Weld '66 to victory in the last gubernatorial race...
...proctors and tutors didn't write the rules, so why bother arguing with them? One person's objections will probably not change a policy intended for 6,400 people, or for the 20-some people in your entryway. In fact, your proctor or tutor probably represents the most sympathetic ear in the administration. He or she is also the person you'll be obliged to interact with for the rest of the year. It's best to smooth things over without trying to reach into the higher echelons of power...
...encourage a phased-in democracy. Says Menoyo: "We want the people to emerge from this with their lives, liberty and their rights. The measures that Clinton is taking serve only to make 11 million Cubans -- everyone except Castro -- suffer." He complains that his organization cannot get Washington's ear because it has less money and political influence than Mas Canosa. "He is promoting the destruction of Cuba," says Menoyo, "so he can go in after Castro, buy everything in sight and declare himself President...
Most narrators are well chosen, easy on the ear and fully engaged in their work. Sometimes too engaged. The problem with moonlighting actors is that they can't help, well, acting. In reading Disclosure, Michael Crichton's best seller about a man who sues his female boss for sex harassment, John Lithgow hams it up with overripe accents -- the protagonist's Hispanic lawyer seems to come from somewhere outside Transylvania. But on the other hand, Brad Pitt delivers Cormac McCarthy's hardscrabble prose in The Crossing with a twangy stoicism that perfectly reflects the novel's tone...