Word: ire
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...time, Inouye’s remarks aroused the ire of a vast contingent of Harvardians, and students took up their own defense through a barrage of letters to the Daily and the Dean’s Office. One outraged Crimson columnist even employed the power of the press. In “The Harvard Syndrome,” published November 5, 2001, he argued that “the acknowledged fact that some Harvard students are lazy” and “the presence on campus of a few meatheads, legacies, and dim bulbs with bizarre talents?...
...Syria has professed innocence and President Bashar al-Assad condemned Hariri's killing as a ?horrible terrorist act,? but that has not dimmed ire of Lebanese opposition groups and the Bush administration. Damascus had been hard at work in recent months maneuvering to maintain its fraying control over the fate of a neighboring country it has treated more like a restive province over the past three decades. Hariri, a one-time ally of Syria, had symbolized the best hope of a growing opposition movement in Lebanon to press for Syrian withdrawal. Although he had carefully nurtured his own relationship with...
...Fiorina incur her board's ire? In part, it was simple hubris. HP's directors had been voicing unhappiness with her performance for months, particularly after some dismal earnings numbers were posted last summer. Increasingly disillusioned with her inability to deliver the profits she promised, the board was stung by her refusal to make changes or relinquish operating responsibility in HP's floundering computer business. "She played a brinkmanship game and didn't realize the other side wouldn't budge," says Rob Enderle, a tech analyst in San Jose, Calif. "It's a game she's used to playing...
...dining experience. Under this proposal, all freshmen would be welcome at either dining hall, which would allow for intermingling between Yard and Union residents. The administration assumes that forcing all freshmen to dine together in Annenberg fosters class identity. Realistically, the Annenberg dining experience is almost anonymous, evoking more ire than solidarity; for those who have to walk all the way from the Union dorms, the only uniting force is frustration...
...issue had been limited to clever quips like, “Good thing he has a penis so he doesn’t need to worry about it.” Despite being a former leader of the organization, I’m that guy who regularly incites the ire of list members. As a result, I’m no stranger to list-serve pseudo-controversy. Even so, I was taken aback...