Word: genteelisms
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...store each week--10 times what the chain expected. "We respect what they've done," says Swingline vice president Jeffrey Ackerberg. "There's a natural need to make staplers easier to use." But, he adds, "there's not a natural need to use a pinkie." In the seemingly genteel stapling world, those almost sound like fighting words. --By Wendy Cole/Chicago
Harvard never explicitly condoned Nazism, but it subscribed to the genteel anti-Semitism that pervaded the elite institutions of the country in the early years of the 20th century. The Hanfstaengl incident reveals a campus divided over the rising fascist regimes of the 1930s, but an administration that ultimately refrained from confronting the Nazi in their midst...
...State who actually has the president's ear and a measure of influence in White House decision making. Dealing with the Bush administration via Secretary Powell, after all, was a little like dealing with Iran via its reformist president Mohammed Khatami - a nice guy who speaks the same genteel language as his Western counterparts and is inclined to reach accommodation on most issues, but who remains ultimately powerless in the strategic decision-making in his capital. Still, Rice is unlikely to find European, Arab and Asian allies any more inclined to follow the policies of President Bush now that...
...Witherspoon. But Nair's hand creates the movie's personality: she fills the film with vibrant costumes and boisterous energy. "Early 19th century London was filthy and cacophonous; it had coal and pigs and s___ on the street," says Nair. "That city we never see onscreen; everything is always genteel drawing rooms. And I wanted you to smell the s___, because I couldn't be dragged to see those genteel, hope-the-guy-proposes-to-me kind of movies...
...Despite these infrequent innovations, the game remains perfect for old-fashioned, genteel players-especially those with a deft touch and a gift for complex strategy rather than raw aggression. Those exhausted by the relentless pace of lawn tennis will no doubt breathe a sigh of relief. Find out more at irtpa.com...