Word: leanness
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...Your peonies lean their vast heads westward / as if they might topple. Some topple,” he writes...
...while professors may lean left, many students are tilting right--especially toward that brand of conservatism known as libertarianism. According to a well-regarded annual survey sponsored for the past 38 years by the American Council on Education, only 17% of last year's college freshmen thought it was important to be involved in an environmental program, half the percentage of 1992. A majority of 2003 freshmen--53%--wanted affirmative action abolished, compared with only 43% of all adults. Two-thirds of frosh favored abortion rights in 1992; only 55% did so in last year's survey. Support...
...says, scientists have yet to determine exactly how much is needed for human health. According to the NCBA, growth hormones leave only "minuscule" traces in beef and, by law, meat cannot be sold with antibiotic residues. "All beef, no matter how it's raised, can be part of a lean, low-fat lifestyle," says Young, noting that there are 29 lean cuts of beef, from flank steak to tenderloin...
...article—or the masthead—was something that attracted many people, including me.But over time, I also learned that it was better to resist than to give in to the temptation of the pedestal. I saw that the best leaders were those who were willing to lean on others for support, and, in turn, willing to lend their support where and when it was most needed. As a freshman reporter on The Crimson, nothing seemed better than a byline; as president of the paper, it was precisely the reverse. That lesson was learned through my time...
...vocal critic of University President Lawrence H. Summers’ administration, joins the council 26 years after coming to Harvard.He said that his fellow faculty members supported his election because they agree with his call for a slimmer University administration. “Harvard used to have a rather lean sense of administration,” Schmid, who is the Robinson professor of mathematics, said. “Now, there are many layers of deans. It is not clear that the faculty council can do a lot about this; however, I want to do what I can in that direction...