Word: foe
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...countrymen, I write to you from Athens, in this the ninth month of the third year of the reign of Emperor Nuntius Minimus, as this wretched place wrestles with its irrelevant conscience over our great triumph in subjugating the Scythians and their leader, Vanitas, our most reviled foe since Vercingetorix...
Practicing what he preaches, he’s said very little to the team about UVA, deciding to focus attention on Auburn, the immediate foe...
...used a political strategy of triangulation. On one hand, Dean alienated progressives by tightening spending and successfully pushing tax cuts. "Howard would start [each budget cycle] by cutting programs for the needy, things like wheelchairs and artificial limbs," says state auditor Elizabeth Ready, who has been both friend and foe to Dean. Horrified liberals would have to claw each benefit back from the tightfisted Governor. But at election time, Dean marginalized Republicans by appealing to socially liberal groups like environmentalists. "Every year, as the first thing in his budget, [Dean] put $10 million aside for conservation," says Don Hooper...
...banner for women, it was expected. Bacon was right: it can be a heavy burden when all you really want is to get on with the job at hand. It's a difficult balancing act to be seen as an advocate for one group without being perceived as a foe of another. I look forward to the day when race and sex are neutral descriptors and no longer carry political baggage. MARY SAPP Columbia...
...banner for women, it was expected. Bacon was right: it can be a heavy burden when all you really want is to get on with the job at hand. It's a difficult balancing act to be seen as an advocate for one group without being perceived as a foe of another. I look forward to the day when race and sex are neutral descriptors and no longer carry political baggage. Mary Sapp Columbia...