Word: leaning
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...very lean administration," Green adds. "The entire thing is faculty-run and he has a way of moving people from the chairmanship of this to the chairmanship of that and after a while they know the whole school. That gives the place a real tight feeling from the faculty point of view...
...their work and the changing world around them. Also useful is Jong's quick summary of Miller's career--particularly the history of Miller's censorship and publication--although it relies heavily on much more interesting books on the same subject such as Edward de Grazia's Girls Lean Back Everywhere...
...dirt and covered with logs and sod in the middle of the Serb lines to his home every four days. It is about two miles down the steep hill past two military checkpoints, a dozen gutted homes and a file of soldiers walking in the other direction. Mikerevic is lean, with a dark mustache and hair that is turning prematurely gray. His rifle swings easily from his shoulder. At home his wife and two young girls, ages six and three, are waiting in the cramped apartment they were given by an aid organization...
Huge collages from the fair, about six feet by three feet each, lean along the back wall of the classroom. Topics include Black Men in Congress, Black Men of World War II, Black Indians, Rosa Parks' Impact on Black Americans, The Battle of Wounded Knee and the Statue of Liberty...
...seemed at times that Koresh was playing with them. His mother had hired a fancy lawyer for him, and just as the feds were deciding they had to move, Koresh was deciding that he was eager to talk. Dick DeGuerin is a renowned defender of infamous Texans, a lean, boyish-looking ex-prosecutor known among defense lawyers as "Clint Eastwood" for rescuing high-profile figures from impossible fixes. He has a gift for winning his clients' trust, and it seemed to be working with Koresh. They talked for hours inside the compound, sharing chicken a la king and apple juice...