Word: grown
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...anything, running the majority has become more difficult in recent decades, as the once decorous Senate has grown to resemble the rowdy and partisan House. No longer do personal relationships and mossy traditions insulate the Senate chamber from the vitriol that has come to pass as political debate in this country. And as everyone who has held the job in recent years can tell you, much of that is aimed at the Majority Leader. "It really is better to throw grenades," says Rutgers University political scientist Ross K. Baker, "than to have to catch them." So if you are looking...
...Still, one thing that does not seem to be at issue in the current episode is that a personality conflict between Bandar and Turki played a big role in his abrupt exit. According to sources close to the family who spoke to TIME, Turki had grown fed up and "angry" that Bandar was still trying to act as Saudi Arabia's point man in dealing directly with President Bush and Vice President Cheney. More general reports of bad blood between the two Saudi princes have also fed rumors that Bandar, also the King's nephew, is positioning himself to replace...
...home to talk about their backgrounds and aspirations. In his interview with Uli in Miami—already rendered hilarious by the fact that he was wearing a button-down shirt, suit pants, and dress shoes to walk along the beach—Gunn noted that she had grown up in East Germany and asked about her experiences there. Uli answered that one could be put in prison or even shot with little reason, to which Gunn immediately responded with a thoughtful and heartfelt declaration that “those are terrible penalties.” They are indeed...
...would know that Peter is extremely allergic to peanuts. Ever since the two of us were accepted into Harvard—Peter by a stroke of dumb luck and DA by the broad strokes of lies that he used to paint his application—our relationship has grown worse and worse. It has descended into us trying to sneak subtle insults into the text of this very column. DA who eats his boogers and Peter who puts turds on his pizza both occasionally slip one by the fascist and rarely helpful Crimson editors. But we don?...
...past year alone, the number of Harvard summer study abroad programs has grown from 16 to 22. Among the new offerings is the opportunity to study at the prestigious Paris film school La Femis, where students study under important directors and produce their own work...