Word: machiavellianism
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...Polly, to Tom 4. One of Mia's exes 5. HUD secretary who's proposing new laws to curb predatory lending practices 6. McCain's father and grandfather: Abbr. 7. Hole starter 8. NSX automaker 9. Its projected insolvency has been pushed back to 2023 10. Pay stub? 11. Machiavellian 16. Heights that Syria would like to recover 19. It may have an EIK 21. Novi __, Serbia 22. Alaska's first Governor 23. It's worth about a penny 24. He now wants to ban "soft money" 25. They want to resume talks with India over Kashmir...
Even so, Assad's intentions may yet be more Machiavellian. Perhaps Assad is engaging in behavior repugnant to Israelis precisely because it may sabotage a future referendum. For Assad, a scenario in which an Israeli plebiscite rejects a peace agreement signed by the Syrian and Israeli governments is ideal. In such a case, Syria reaps the benefits of peace and avoids the destabilizing effects of normalization with the Jewish state. On the one hand, Assad will claim he has crossed the Rubicon for peace and rightfully deserves full financial and international political support. That Israel chose not to accept...
Former council president Beth A. Stewart '00 accused the EC of having a Machiavellian instinct--deciding on a desired outcome, then fitting an explanation...
Like that of most grownups, my memory of middle school is a scratchy mental filmstrip of tiny triumphs punctuated by gigantic humiliations--the vomiting-on-my-sneakers incident of 1972, for example. My school was one of those Machiavellian pyramids composed of jocks, cheerleaders, greasers, hoods, geeks--and an atomic-wedgie specialist nicknamed Buzz, who roamed the halls looking for victims. I was lucky, however. I had two older sisters--big, popular and vengeful teenage goddesses. Looking back, I'm sure they would have happily watched me dangle from a locker hook, but at the time I was able...
...best when Gross waxes poetic about his best when Gross waxes poetic about his subverted boyhood dreams--scenes milked for maximum farcicality by a witty combination of set props, lighting and nostalgic music. Prince was complimented and almost upstaged by a courageous performance by Mowth as the fast-talking Machiavellian, Ballas. In the most difficult role in the play, Mowth demonstrated a fine sense of timing with Ballas' complicated speeches and an ability to recover quickly even when one of Ballas' convoluted lines momentarily escaped him. In the supporting cast, Pete Wilson '99 was very entertaining doing double duty...