Word: mere
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...somehow, this year’s edition of the annual massacre was even worse than before. Last year’s margin of defeat was a mere 21. This time around? Cornell devoured its Ancient Eight rival, 86-50 (for all the Big Red readers out there, that comes out to a margin...
...unexpected metaphor that separates it from the more loosely polemical Russian literary tradition. It’s why Nabokov adored Tolstoy’s taut prose and thought Dostoevsky a hack. In “Laura” this compression unravels—degenerating near the end into mere personal notes (“invent tradename, e.g. cephalopium”) and haphazard lists (drawing linkages between self-dissolution and Buddhism...
Reducing the application to a mere signature likens the process to applying for a credit card. It eliminates the introspective experience, since students need not think about who they are or which colleges match their needs best. When universities simplify the application down to checking a box, students will naturally invest less in the college search process. The types of social opportunities, academic resources, or extracurricular activities at a particular institution become less relevant to an applicant, increasing the likelihood that they will apply to colleges where they simply will not thrive. Similarly, a signature alone does not provide colleges...
...typical Beck style, the collaboration cuts across a variety of different musical styles - blues, electronica, rock and folk. And Gainsbourg proves she's more than just his muse. Although her vocals sometimes sound like mere whispers, she conveys intense emotion throughout the album. On "Le Chat du Café des Artistes," - the only song sung entirely in French - her dark intonations complement the song's haunting strings. On "Voyage," she channels Enya at a drum circle - and somehow manages to give the song a spiritual quality. (See pictures of Paris expanding...
...changing. In his recent meeting with House Republicans, Obama took fire from the opposition on a national broadcast and appeared, for the first time in a long time, to be the proverbial man in the arena, brow marred with sweat. The president systematically dismissed many Republican counterarguments as mere political posturing—something fresh, something promising...