Word: mannerize
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BEHIND most of these pleas for greater inclusion and sensitivity lies the possibility for us to find our commonality. But too often, both because of the manner in which the challenge is presented, and in the way in which we respond to it, it only leads to further division--the one requesting too much; the other asserting their superiority...
...partnership allowed Brown to live in the manner to which he wanted to become accustomed. He sports Hermes silk ties accented with a silver collar pin, well-tailored suits and monogrammed shirts with French cuffs. He and Alma live in a new four-bedroom town house just west of Washington's Rock Creek Park, with a sleek black Jaguar in the driveway. Their son Michael is a law student at the University of Delaware; daughter Tracy is a senior at Boston College...
...Chemistry Department, the problem of pre-meds shoving down other students is somewhat alleviated by splitting organic chemistry into two tracks: pre-meds take the Chem 17-27 series, while Chem majors take Chem 20-30. More science courses ought to be cleaved in this manner...
Sajak, the longtime master of Wheel of Fortune, appears amazingly comfortable in his new role. In voice and manner he recalls both Jack Paar and Dick Cavett, and, like them, is striving for more substance in his interviews than the thoroughly programmed Carson. He threw Chevy Chase off balance with a question about his draft status during the Viet Nam War and asked Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth about beer drinking at the ballpark. When actor Charlie Sheen alluded to a past run-in with the law, Sajak politely refrained from pressing ahead but at least seemed aware...
...West German Finance Ministry did not even begin an audit of Imhausen until the U.S. stepped up its pressure on Bonn around Christmas. The delay occurred, says Ost, because "some things have to be pursued in a discreet manner." Discretion, however, quickly gave way to finger pointing. Press reports obviously based on leaks from U.S. officials began appearing on New Year's Day. The next day, through a spokesman, Bonn issued the first of several denials, claiming that "we have no evidence so far that German firms or persons have been involved" in the Libyan project...