Word: mannered
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...fall, a small village of tents outside Memorial Hall has perplexed passers-by. Those who took the time to take a peek inside on their way to class enjoyed a rarity on campus: a local farmers market that provided a feast of fresh carrots, blueberries, and watermelons and all manner of other delicious comestibles. The market, which has been operating for the past two summers, ended its season last week. Fortunately, however, the organization that sponsors the market—Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS)—has demonstrated a commitment to sustainability and local food that extends beyond...
...Rangers were in town to play the Baltimore Orioles or something, [the president would ask], ‘Yeah, I’d love to see the Texas Rangers today. Can we get them in?’” said Card, imitating the president’s manner of speech. “I said, ‘No, the schedule is jam-packed. You’ve got the president of Egypt, and the prime minister of this place, and six members of Congress,’” he recalled...
...chairman, said. “He didn’t always convince everyone he talked to, but he never lost an argument.”Former Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr. (R-Fla.), a House colleague of Leach for 26 years, said Leach’s quiet manner had helped him carry off disagreements with his Republican colleagues.“If he were some kind of firebrand with his voting record, there would have been tension,” said Shaw, who is a fellow at the Institute of Politics this semester.In his new role as director...
...Those assurances notwithstanding, the Chadians aren't the only ones with grave reservations about the NGO's methods or motives. "Taking [children] out in that manner is, in my view, illegal and irresponsible," French Secretary of State on Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Rama Yade told the daily Le Parisien. Yade said she'd warned Zoe's Ark back in August of her concerns about its rumored adoption practices. And while Yade said French officials still don't have enough detail to be able to confirm or refute the charges of child trafficking, she suggested the NGO knew...
...coffee, where she falls further in love - at least in like - with him. Now, everybody knows that Steve Carell is lovable. On The Daily Show he was the effortlessly genial (and, by the end of each segment, desperate) Produce Pete. He bore up manfully to all manner of insults in The 40 Year Old Virgin and Evan Almighty; he even lends a certain besieged menschiness to the role of the boss in The Office. But Hedges thinks the audience needs its subjective Carell-atives reinforced, so as Dan woos Marie with his sweet anecdotes we get about a quillion reaction...