Word: manners
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...continue to use its tried-and-true method of sending admissions decisions by letter in addition to e-mail. The College admissions website even warns applicants that about 2 percent of e-mails will be undeliverable because of reasons such as expired accounts or mailbox filters. Regardless of the manner of delivery, “we will stand by the decision that the committee voted for,” said the College’s admissions director, Marlyn McGrath Lewis...
There's something different about Angela Merkel. Germans remain spellbound by the novelty of a female Chancellor, but it's her down-to-earth manner that really sets her apart. There isn't a politician in Europe today who would not be giddy with delight if they racked up the approval ratings Merkel has been scoring - 80% in February, the highest for any German Chancellor since World War II. But the former physics lecturer is not one to get carried away with fripperies like opinion polls. A participant at a recent meeting with business leaders in Berlin tells...
...style. Merkel appears to prefer working behind the scenes to basking in the limelight. She has brought a collegial atmosphere to the Chancellery that is proving wildly popular. "Suddenly a woman in black enters the stage without any pomp or circumstance and talks in a quite straightforward manner - analytically," says Gerd Langguth, a political scientist at Bonn University. "People like that." Cabinet meetings are more open and less hierarchical than they were in Schröder's day, though Merkel can be ruthless with long-winded colleagues. "When I met her alone it was like meeting a leading business figure...
...stands now, Harvard’s Houses are a colossal waste of space and of money. The timing and manner of freshmen being assigned to Houses undermine efforts to build community in Houses and entryways, at a real cost to the undergraduate experience. Things should be better. These structural changes can lead...
...over ten years, this is the fourth time during his administration that the ceiling has been raised, rather than lowered, in order to avoid default. Times have changed, says the Bush administration, our country is at war. Indeed times have changed. But this war is being conducted in a manner that intentionally avoids asking most Americans to make a sacrifice. Instead, the administration has chosen to exploit America’s youth. We are, evidently, the only ones being asked to make sacrifices—both of our lives and from our pocketbooks. The measure raises the debt ceiling...