Word: mannered
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...ROLE OF THE FED CHAIRMAN Bernanke's support for Greenspan's broad approach is echoed in a Bloomberg interview, which also gives some insight into his manner and demeanor. The nominee certainly believes that the role of Fed Chairman can make the critical difference to the fate of the economy: In an essay in Foreign Policy, he argues that the 1929 crash could have been averted by a smarter hand on the Fed tiller...
...Charlesview and [the Community Builders] have consistently invited the participation of the tenant organization in our discussions in a manner that far exceeds the requirements of HUD regulations,” the members wrote. “We continue to hope the [Charlesview Residents Organization] will work with us rather than stand in the way of our common goal: the creation of much-needed new quality affordable housing for the Allston community...
...Warm Blob Our Appreciation of film director Robert Wise [MILESTONES, Sept. 26] referred in a rather disparaging manner to The Sound of Music, for which Wise won an Oscar for best direction. TIME's somewhat negative cinematic view was first voiced 40 years ago when the movie version of the 1959 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein Broadway musical comedy opened. Here is an excerpt from that critique [March...
...Uncounted Costs of a Living Wage”), Vivek G. Ramaswamy argues that securing higher wages for Harvard workers would “inextricably yet fatefully marry” human worth to monetary worth, and that this would somehow result in Harvard students acting in a condescending manner toward Harvard workers. If Ramaswamy would start acting in a condescending manner to Harvard workers simply because Harvard chose to pay them enough money to live above the poverty line, that tells us something about Ramaswamy’s moral condition, not about the relative merits of the living-wage campaign. Regardless...
...Minesweeper on their laptops, or simply daydreaming about how sleeping would be a more productive use of their time.I don’t mean to incriminate all TFs by any means—certainly, there do exist TFs who understand the material, present it in an interesting and engaging manner, and actively lead their sections while inspiring discussion. So, to those TFs, I apologize for the broad strokes I have painted in this diatribe. Seriously, you guys are awesome. You know your stuff. And I’ll see you in section later today (just kidding—I would...