Word: mannerize
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...egregious statements in the editorial was that the RSA's credibility would be damaged if Clarke remained in office. The members of the BSA are the only Harvard students with the authority to decide who their leader should be. The staff of The Crimson was acting in a paternalistic manner and over-stepping its bounds when it tried to dictate to the members of the BSA who should represent them...
...film first introduces Hassan, a Turkish shepherd married to Habou, a Greek woman. Hassan bears witness to the harshness of a shepherd's existence, a life lived without modern conveniences, which he blames on the partition of Cyprus. Because he was married to a Greek, he underwent all manner of difficulties and dangers, including the time when he was threatened with prison because his wife's Greek relatives visited his house. There were several occasions when he almost had to choose between his wife and politics...
...returns in a manner that would make Rush Limbaugh proud. Looking as if she had just walked out of an eight-week NOW boot camp, she struts into his office with the utmost confidence. With her hair tied rigidly behind her head and wearing a dark suit, Carol looks nothing like the innocent girl she was before. She looks more like a postmodern witch. Mamet reaches his lowest point with this stereotypical view of women who press sexual harassment charges...
...that end, I would urge everyone reading this to reflect on whether you have done your part to support our political process, whether you have taken the time educate yourself and to vote in an informed manner. If you haven't, please do. And if not, at least stop complaining...
What can the depleted Democrats do? For now they are falling back on the hope that Republicans, in the manner of Jesse Helms, will overplay their hand and that strains within the new G.O.P. leadership will open up soon. A few are already visible in the differences between the House and Senate about how fast to move. Cut middle-class taxes? "It won't happen overnight," Dole said last week on Face the Nation. Increase defense spending? He figures, "It may be -- very, very slowly." And with cuts in Social Security out of reach, as all sides agree, balancing...