Word: float
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...refreshing change from the usual political apathy of students, at least when it comes to campus politics. Harvard undergraduates, some of the brightest (and most opinionated) young minds in the world, are, on average, surprisingly uninformed of the goings-on in Mass. Hall and University Hall. Most students float from class to dining halls to sections to dorms, largely unfamiliar with what is happening on their own campus. When Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby announced his resignation at the end of January, students hardly took note. Most either felt it didn’t matter, or they asked...
...meant to be a city kitty, not a country cousin. Instead of her previous idiosyncratic and intensely appealing emotional girl-chants, here she turns in some faceless performances. Sweet, yes, but far too discreet. There’s little passion in her voice, and as a result, the tracks float by without distinguishing themselves. Part of the problem is Marshall’s slightly husky baritone. Within the structure of her higher-pitched and more rock-like previous work, it often gives an appealingly off-beat vibe. Within the deeper registers of country instrumentation, the listener simply can?...
...Pigott began to exhibit for the first time what she calls her "inseparable bowls," the ceramic clusters and trails for which she is now justly famous. "I like what happens to more than one," she said at the time. "Volume changes into line, as our eye perambulates. Interior colors float from thin rims, making an echo...
...Former Justice Minister Martin Cauchon was among the first to sniff the winds: he called a prospective supporter (unsuccessfully) three times for lunch. Others, like former Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin, powerful Toronto-area M.P.s Maurizio Bevilacqua and Joe Volpe and former hockey great Ken Dryden, are allowing speculation to float about their prospective candidacies. Still others are lurking on the sidelines, including former Harvard professor Michael Ignatieff, who, as a political novice, won a hard-fought race in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke, and former Tory Belinda Stronach, who, if she ran, would earn the distinction of having contended...
...last week, the Dow and Nasdaq tumbled to new year lows. Tensions over Iran's nuclear ambitions and rising oil prices are compounding fears that the stock market is on shaky footing. Yet there is much to suggest that the market, which was mixed but stable on Monday, will float higher in coming weeks and months. So hang in there...