Word: impressing
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...Duets II, a less engaging sequel, has appeared. While Sinatra is in good form, his collaborators seem too desperate to impress him. Jon Secada, for example, tries to replicate his partner's range and intensity on The Best Is Yet to Come, but he doesn't come close. Luis Miguel attempts Come Fly with Me with a swinginess that is contrived and tentative. And Chrissie Hynde succumbs to an offputting Edith Piaf impression during Luck Be a Lady...
Weld was running to impress...
Vermont continues to impress. The Catamounts beat Boston College 4-2 earlier in the week. Vermont, many sports writers' pick to win the ECAC, jumps ahead of Harvard to ninth...
...Israel-Jordan peace treaty goes to the negotiators on both sides. But the U.S. worked effectively behind the scenes to encourage it. Says Jordanian Information Minister Jawad Anani: "The Americans never told us what to do, but in making suggestions here and there, they used their leverage to impress on the parties the need to come to an agreement." Specifically, a U.S. promise to forgive Jordan's debt, estimated to be as high as $1 billion, and to approve the sale of sophisticated military equipment to Jordan persuaded King Hussein to enter negotiations...
...joke. However, if four students run for two slots, the competition might force the candidates to appreciate their representative position all the more--at least by the mere fact that their election would not be automatic. Such a change would also make the candidates work harder to meet (and impress) more of their fellow housemates--the students they will supposedly be representing in the coming months...