Word: gallingly
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...long thought he was emblematic of the times. For that reason he was interesting to watch. Instead of declaiming on the universe, we try to pick out people or companies that more or less represent trends. I thought that Trump was a fine exemplar of financial leverage and gall, both of which were in oversupply and now are becoming scarcer...
CARSWELL's further discussion of the O.A. is 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 have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, anti-academic languor at this stage as well may match the grader's own mood: "It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching...
...competition is tough, but the Red Team has the edge in both cunning and sheer gall. It kidnaps a member of the Orange Team and delivers her, bound and gagged, aboard a clanging fire truck to the opposition. What a bold move! What a great promo! The playing fields of Lauder University have not witnessed its like...
CARSWELL'S further discussion of the O.A. is 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 have the same effect. A hint of nostalgic, anti-academic languor at this stage as well may match the grader's own mood: "It seems more than obvious to one entangled in the petty quibbles of contemporary Medievalists--at times, indeed, approaching...
...Davis was attempting to attract more concentrators--well, what first-year student would choose a department in which senior faculty are reduced to petty ad hominem attacks on students who have the gall not to choose the professors' favored discipline...