Word: mannerize
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...charged atmosphere that followed recent Senate hearings at which IRS victims told their horror stories. "At a certain point," says a senior Administration official, "the avalanche is going to happen, and you have a choice: stand in the hut and get crushed or get outside in the most elegant manner possible...
...favorites that many can hum from start to finish. The orchestra attacked it with zest and did a fine job handling this picturesque masterpiece. However, with so well known a piece, any orchestra has to work that much harder to present the music in an engaging and expressive manner. That extra oomph was lacking in the Bach Soc's standard, somewhat unoriginal interpretation of the symphony. The most lyrical moments sometimes came across as a bit too brisk and deliberate--as, for example, in the famous cuckoo trill bridging the second and third movements. Tipler's choice of tempi...
...Harvard does it in a very compassionate manner; whether it's called firing or people leaving on their own is a delicate matter," he adds...
Ironically, the Right sees things exactly the same way. Knight asked me what club on campus I worked for. When I told him BGLSTA, he frowned and said, "I knew that. Your manner seemed too serious." Though he grew more hostile, I could not ignore how pleasant he was at the beginning, when he was just a person...
...Those awaiting a response from the Great and Powerful One had to settle for a confident (yet curiously error-riddled) press release on the company's website: "We are operating in a completely appropriate and lawful mannerare operating in a completely lawful manner," it quoted William H. Neukom, Microsoft's Senior Vice President for Law and Corporate Affairs, as saying. "The consent decree specifically explicitly states that allows Microsoft to may integrate new features into the operating system that it licenses to PC manufacturers without violating the decree...