Word: lippedness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Some members of Congress were quick to take exception with the President's tight-lipped stance. Sen. Albert Gore Jr. '69 (D-Tenn.) shot back: "I predict Harvard will score 16 points in the last 38 seconds, but this time Harvard will win outright."
He doesn't look like a Shakespearean matinee idol, this thin-lipped Irishman with puddingy skin and a huge head piked like a pumpkin on his stocky frame. He lacks conventional star magnetism: the athletic abandon, the flaming sexuality, the audacity of interpretation that risks derision to achieve greatness. Expect...
Lately, however, Thornburgh has been keeping a tight-lipped ship at the Justice Department. In August, Thornburgh threatened to prosecute employees who leak information to the press. The penalty would be up to 10 years in jail.
Will the new dean be an iconoclast, prepared to be a vocal advocate for affirmative action in a faculty often resistant to change? Or will the administrator be a faculty insider, knowledgeable enough to nudge colleagues in the direction of gradual change? No one knows, and Spence is remaining tight...
Will the new dean be an iconoclast, prepared to be a vocal advocate for affirmative action in a faculty often resistant to change? Or will the administrator be a faculty insider, knowledgeable enough to nudge colleagues in the direction of gradual change? No one knows, and Spence is remaining tight...