Word: mannered
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...table is with legislation that addresses greenhouse gases. And despite the characterization elsewhere, we are not looking to regulate wildly. I do think that you can regulate in a thoughtful fashion. But I would also be willing to bet that those regulations, when proposed, would be subject to all manner of lawsuits...
Dave Sayler, a camping specialist at the Seattle flagship store of REI, one of the country's largest outdoor-gear companies, has fielded all manner of ridiculous questions from rookies. "I try to keep a straight face," he says. "I've been asked if a tent will keep bears out." (For the record, the answer...
...career, most articles about non-western art centered on their sale value and not on their merit, according to Suzanne P. Blier, a professor of fine art and African and African American studies. Cotter became known for his articles covering non-western art forms in a serious and intellectual manner, she said. “He’s a man of extraordinary brilliance and compassion with an intellectual wingspan that covers the globe.” Cotter was hesitant to take full credit for the adulation that his work has received. “I don?...
...materials connected with it be released, and I hope that her request is granted. I think it's very important that it be granted." Even a few Republicans defended Harman. "I would find it virtually impossible to believe that Jane would act in any other than professional manner," said Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican. "I know her very well; she has very high ethical standards...
...Rumsfeld would rescind his authorization in a manner of weeks, after the Navy General Counsel, Alberto Mora, raised concerns about many techniques, arguing that they violated U.S. and international laws and constituted, at worst, torture. Mora met Haynes and warned him that the "interrogation policies could threaten [Rumsfeld's] tenure and could even damage the presidency...