Word: fittingly
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...kind of imperial ambition that at the beginning of this century was shared by all the major European powers. Much of the former Russian Empire consisted of 19th century conquests, among them Chechnya and Finland. Russia wants to hold on to the parts still in her possession, and sees fit to use warfare to do so. However, as a victim of imperialism, Chechnya has the right to independence...
With her impudent wit, penchant for baseball caps and indulgence in high-powered '80s socializing, HEATHER WATTS never fit the image of demure ballerina. Known for sharp movements and an idiosyncratic style, she suffered poor reviews early in her career but won critics over in Balanchine's 1980 Davidsbundlertanze. Last week Watts, a principal dancer at the New York City Ballet, retired at 41, ending her final performance tearfully amid a blizzard of flowers. She is about to begin a career as a journalist and will cover the arts as a contributing editor for Vanity Fair...
...problem may be one of discipline student responsibility, but Harvard's structuring of reading and exam periods doesn't help the situation any. Most Harvard students would love to be done with their exams before break, so they can go to Mexico and worry about how to fit the paperback version of The Firm into their suitcase, instead of a 1000-page book with graphs of supply and demand...
Consider, then, the plight of the group that WNYC's Brian Lehrer calls "the politically complex." As Lehrer, host of On the Line, New York City's most thoughtful, informative talk show, notes, "Some people's views don't fit neatly into traditional conservative or liberal labels. But that's not what's wanted in the media these days, especially in talk radio. They want you to be 100% confident that you have the truth and 100% predictable in your views. It's a comedy of clarity, a circus of certainty." But even to admit that an issue...
...hands, including a written narrative that she drew up for her lawyer during the couple's 1992 divorce proceedings. In it she describes being knocked around by Simpson as early as 1977. When she accused him that year of sleeping with another woman, Nicole wrote, "He threw a fit, chased me, grabbed me, threw me into walls." In a New York hotel room a few years later, she says, Simpson "beat me for hours as I kept crawling for the door" and forced her to have sex while he went on smacking her. The box also held Polaroids that show...