Word: mannered
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...impact of making detailed nutritional information known to students. “The feeling was that for people who have eating disorders or who struggle with issues around the literal value of food, the emphasis on nutrition information does not always lead people to eat in a healthy manner,” Martin said. A committee of representatives from HUDS, the Bureau of Study Counsel, Harvard University Health Services, and the College met over the summer to discuss the issue. “The decision was made that we needed to review the policy based on some of the inquiries...
...cruel to suggest that a nonfiction account of the atrocities of war is a page-turner? Very well: this is a page turner, and one of the most astounding books yet written about the war in Iraq. The magic of The Forever War is the dispassionate yet hyper-involving manner in which Filkins offers scores of mini-narratives - stories about Iraqi civilians, insurgents and politicians, American grunts and generals alike - without judgment. Filkins doesn't lecture, he just reports, in great and perfect detail. It's possibly the only true requirement for a good war story. Or any story...
Each year I write an impassioned plea to a plethora of mailing lists exhorting Harvard undergraduates to consider cross-registration at MIT. I explain the simplicity and ease of cross-registration. I argue that the commute is trivial and that there are exciting courses in all manner of disciplines. But without fail, year after year, students decline to make the commitment, except for accounting...
...woes and Israel's basketball win over the Czech team before announcing offhandedly that he was resigning. Several hours later he dropped his resignation letter off at the President's residence. The normally loquacious Olmert summed up his resignation in two sentences. Peres later said, "I respect the dignified manner in which [Olmert] is transferring authority...
...presume that you have spoken to the tenants and... other servants,” the Viscountess replied. There had been a questioning lilt to her voice.“I did.”“I hope that you spoke in a manner befitting your station,” Felicity continued, in the same questioning lilt.“As much as you have acted in a manner befitting your station,” Frederick said.“At least my faults and actions are not generational,” said Felicity, “whereas you?...