Word: ire
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...ventures, acknowledges hefty student donations with “century” and “associate” gift level tags for $100 and $250 contributions, respectively, kind of like donations to a municipal symphony. The practice isn’t new, but it’s drawn ire from those who say it makes class divisions a part of the feel-good fund. Supporters tend to cite the warm and squishy feeling one gets for a special gift-giving distinction. “The benefits of century and associate roles mean that the names of the givers will...
...Martinez, a Republican from Florida. Alaska's Ted Stevens threatened to resign from the Senate if it supported Coburn's drive to cut the "Bridge to Nowhere" from last year's budget, and Coburn won only 15 votes for the provision. But while his victories are rare and the ire from his colleagues high, Coburn says he doesn't mind. "I don't care about the next election. I don't care about getting reelected," he says. "We have to change the process...
...Korea Wave, a surge of interest in Korean pop, films, TV dramas and design that first overtook the nation in 2002, when the two countries co-hosted the World Cup and bilateral relations were at their best. Many Japanese politicians, meanwhile, seem either incapable of understanding Korean ire toward Japan or simply don't care. This further fuels the cycle of resentment and distrust. In 2005, for example, Shimane prefecture (the Japanese local government to which the nation claims the islands belong) passed an ordinance designating Feb. 22-the 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of the islands-as Takeshima...
...former Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III aroused student ire by preserving the Yard-based offices of the defunct Harvard Philosophy Review (which hadn’t published in two years) even though student space was scarce. Epps had made the Review’s offices a “priority.” In 2006, College administrators’ priorities on student space have changed. But they remain no less foolish.After May 27 of this year, roughly 20 of Harvard’s most important student groups will leave their offices in Yard basements for newly-assigned space...
...three innings and so did right fielder Lance Salsgiver in his three times up.Backup catcher Matt Kramer unintentionally encapsulated Harvard’s aggressiveness and the Lions’ haplessness when his hard slide in the second inning broke up a potential double play and ignited the ire of the Columbia bench.“It’s just part of the game,” Kramer said. “It’s hard baseball so it’s kind of expected.”Walsh called off the proverbial dogs in the later innings, replacing...