Word: ironclads
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...believe there is an ironclad rule about memorials at Harvard," said Jack P. Reardon Jr. '60, executive director of the Harvard Alumni Association...
...should instead raise the negotiating bar exceedingly high. We should offer the parties two choices: 1) They all three give one another ironclad commitments to a full and permanent cease-fire, a very wide zone of separation between combatants and a build-down of forces, with every detail of every map and timetable firmly and finally agreed on--an agreement so airtight (here's the rub) that it is self-enforcing, without need for outside "implementers"; or 2) we declare the parties insufficiently committed to peace, walk away and wash our hands...
...fact is, plenty of people feel the evidence against their formerly favorite running back is ironclad. And if the decision goes against their opinion, then as far as they will care to know, jury trials will be to blame. Various members of the legal profession have shown themselves to be--not surprisingly--alarmed by this prospect. Harvard law Professor Richard Parker wrote an article in the New Republic discussing the potentially disastrous ramifications of an acquittal...
...Senate earlier this month, the balanced-budget amendment was brought down largely because its G.O.P. sponsors would not give ironclad assurances that Social Security would not be touched. In opposition, a few Democratic Senators said they were trying to prevent Congress from "looting" the Social Security trust fund to cover the deficit in other operations...
...mode of playing that can only be called chamber music perfection. Kim's bow moved so immaculately that one could not tell if it actually touched the string; from the listener's perspective, there was only a pristine sound that came from her direction. Moreover, Kim's ironclad intonation placed her in a class of her own. Her sound suits the medium perfectly--not overly soloistic, yet unquestionably striking. She is surely the most outstanding cellist in chamber music today...