Word: filled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this is because he was never a combat soldier, unlike many other prominent Israeli political figures. His penchant for making dreamy, naive predictions about "the new Middle East" has also earned him suspicion. Says Sam Lewis: "He has a tendency to paint a larger picture than the paintbrush can fill in." On top of all that, Peres strikes many Israelis as too slippery in general. In a country that prizes simple virtues, he dresses a little too well, speaks a little too glibly. It was no surprise then that a large part of the military brass saw Peres' response...
...Barnwell, an advocate of the abolition of the death penalty, wrote last month in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "We must never be sentimental about the murder itself or the one who committed it. Like the families of the victims, we must let the full horror of the murder fill our souls...
...despite its apparent frivolity, the penchant we "intellectuals" have for palmistry is symptomatic of a looming gap within. It is intellectualism and science which have drilled the hole we seek to fill with fortune-telling. The fact that MIT, renowned capital of science and reason, offers a course in palmistry, proves it. MIT needs some brand of irrationality to counter and assuage its otherwise hyper-ultra-rational pursuits. (Harvard, on the other hand, fulfills its quotient with the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies). True, literature and folk and myth concentrators swarm around Paul; but he is even more accosted...
...first-years, as you fill out blocking forms, don't despair too much about randomization. Sure, the Quad is far, but when you have the shuttle of all shuttles to carry you light as air from place to place, what does it really matter? Just step on in, relax in the climate-controlled interior and thumb your nose at river people as you glide...
...core players were missing and we were always trying to fill in the holes," senior Stacy Kellogg said. "Our focus definitely shifted more toward defense...