Word: furiousness
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Remember Bonnie Honig? She was the associate professor of government who's tenure denial last spring by President Neil L. Rudenstine created a furious uproar among female faculty members calling into question his commitment to diversity. It turns out that Honig, who has since become a tenured professor at Northwestern, was only half the story of that season of academic politics--the half that got reported...
...discover different kinds of happiness. Perhaps it is oddly fulfilling--the complete use of a brain--to know only that you want to be moved from a wheelchair to a bed. Life consists of small, discrete goals that become the entire universe. Why would she not be furious with me for thwarting her vast ambition...
...borrow the rant of Network's furious prophet of the little screen, Howard Beale: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore...
...became a playground for special interests: abolitionists not at all certain their cause wouldn't be better served if they allowed the blacks to be martyred; a President, Martin Van Buren, running for re-election and trying to appease the slave states by suborning justice; Spain's child Queen furious over the loss of one of her ships; the slaves' owners' demanding return of their property; even the officers of the ship that intercepted the Amistad claiming salvage rights...
...faced the Bears earlier this year on Nov. 29 in Providence. Harvard won, 5-3, in a game in which the Crimson jumped out to a 3-0 lead. However, the Bears pulled within one goal at 3-2 and again at 4-3. Harvard had to withstand a furious late-game rush before adding an empty net goal to secure the victory...