Word: mannerize
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...Harvard Square. Twenty-three of the bars and restaurants may serve hard liquor and 12 of them may serve only beer and wine. The Fund contends that Massachusetts law states that a license commission is only authorized to grant licenses "to serve the public need and in such a manner as to protect the common good...
...Duke's campaign was not farfetched. He won a place in the runoff by defeating incumbent Republican Buddy Roemer, a Harvard-educated reformer whose imperious manner doomed him to a single term. Duke won blue-collar voters, largely rural, young and male. But he also made inroads into the middle class, capturing conservatives from both parties. If the election had been held just after the primary, Duke would have...
Residents were unwilling to support Whitmire's grandiose proposal to build a $1 billion monorail system, and worried about street crime. Caught off balance by two strong opponents, she was unable to respond in a forceful and convincing manner...
...that we would. If one thing characterizes Northern California and the city in which I live, it is tolerance for all manner of human behavior that confounds and enrages folks in other parts of the country. For example, I live next door to a gay synagogue. During the gulf war, demonstrators against U.S. involvement gathered at the synagogue before going off to protest. Two women carried a sign saying LESBIAN ZIONISTS FOR PEACE. Not my point of view, actually, but they're certainly entitled...
...Democrats, in an equally valiant manner, have struck back with domestic issues. Oh good! Gloom and doom. The problem is that even if the Democrats were to win, I doubt any solutions would be forthcoming. The recession might end, but the economy will still be in relative decline, the inner cities will still be collapsing, the homeless won't be finding homes, education will only get worse, and health care will still be inaccessible. Pessimistic? Apathetic? Cynical? Oh, a little, but isn't everyone? After all these years of hearing about the country going to hell, no one cares anymore...