Word: gall
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...Democratic State Committee. The first sentence: “Perhaps taking a cue from the national Democratic post-election struggle for identity, the state party boss yesterday changed his mind after announcing he was resigning as chairman.” If The New York Times ever had the gall to print a sentence like that in a new story about a Republican, their headquarters might actually be burned to the ground...
...wouldn't be such a big deal if the problem were simply aesthetic. But excess poundage takes a terrible toll on the human body, significantly increasing the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, infertility, gall-bladder disease, osteoarthritis and many forms of cancer. The total medical tab for illnesses related to obesity is $117 billion a year--and climbing--according to the Surgeon General, and the Journal of the American Medical Association reported in March that poor diet and physical inactivity could soon overtake tobacco as the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. And again...
...quite to the point—he himself realizes its superiority to any E., however A. His illustration includes one of the key “Wake Up the Grader” phrases—“It is absurd.” What force! What gall! What fun! “Ridiculous,” “hopeless,” “nonsense,” on the one hand; “doubtless,” “obvious,” “unquestionable,” on the other, will...
...survive the carnage are asked to do the work of three or four employees, working extra hours on tasks far afield from their job description without any additional compensation. These women are overworked, underpaid, anxious about their job security, and on top of all that Harvard has the gall to ask administrative assistants to stay late after a reception in order to wash the dishes? This climate of disrespect is a feminist issue, and Harvard women should sit up and take notice...
...disturbing that the Bush folks did not act on the outgoing Clinton Administration's warnings about the threat posed by Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda. The gall of Bush using 9/11 imagery in his campaign when the disaster might have been averted is incredible. Bush is indeed a war President; the trouble is, he fought the wrong enemy. David Litton Austin...