Word: ire
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...many of these are available for use by the general University population. Blodgett Pool has extensive recreational swimming hours while the Bright Hockey Center has seasonal recreational skating, for example. Varsity athletes face the same space crunch as everyone else and The Crimson should focus all of its ire toward the true problem for recreational athletic facilities: foot-dragging on the part of the Harvard administration. Athletes are not some privileged elite and should be considered allies in the struggle to improve student facilities for all students...
While Americans don their green today, the Bush administration is engaging in its favorite St. Patrick’s Day tradition: incurring the ire of the Arab lands. Last March it was the invasion of Iraq – not altogether well-received in the Arab world. This year the administration has created a fresh furor in the region with its “Greater Middle East Initiative” (GME): a plan to bring democracy and enterprise to every country from Morocco to Afghanistan. Or as a headline in the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat glowingly described...
...Huntington’s association with the war effort provoked the ire of more than a few activists...
When a new road is abandoned because some Maori say it will disturb a spirit monster, New Zealanders may fume, but they also laugh. When tribes use their influence to bog down development projects for years, public ire eventually fades. Maori claims to the nation's oil and mineral reserves stirred anger, but the Labour government's firm "no" ensured it was short-lived. Last year's claim to the seabed and foreshores was different. Instead of scotching it, the government offered a compromise, which Maori are still considering. Beach-loving New Zealanders were outraged - and they've stayed that...
Using without permission photos from House facebooks, Facemash juxtaposed the pictures of two random Harvard undergraduates and asked users to judge their physical attractiveness. The website drew the ire of students and administrators alike, and Zuckerberg shut it down within days of the initial launch...