Word: musters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Timberlake passed muster on a piano at Rubin's house ("That kid is no joke," says Rubin), while the Dixie Chicks, who were coming off their career-threatening Bush-bashing incident and didn't have much music to play, piqued his interest over sushi. "It was a weird time for us, obviously," says Robison. "If he had come in like a car salesman and said, 'I can totally hear a sound for you all,' we would have been put off. But he said, 'I don't know what this record will be, but you guys have something...
...spring tennis season opened with two stiff challenges on the road for the Harvard men’s tennis team. The 75th-ranked Crimson could not muster enough horsepower out of the gates to surmount Michigan State or No. 24 Michigan, barely losing on Saturday to the Wolverines, 5-2, and dropping a 4-3 decision to the Spartans on Friday.Harvard’s unusual academic schedule placed the Crimson in the unenviable position of opening the season against teams with much more recent experience.“It looked like the Harvard hockey team at the Beanpot after...
...Along with the background checks, HonestyOnline can show up at your house, snap some profile pictures, stand you on the scale, run a tape measure from head to toe, and even, if requested, leave with bodily fluids to assure potential mates you have nothing communicable. After you pass muster, you graduate to a sticker on your online profile testifying that you are ready for love...
...about my background, my education. She evaluates my posture (Stand up straighter!), my demeanor (there is a "slight current of negativity"), my conversational mannerisms (I put my hands on my face and forehead, a no-no). We are now in the Mom Zone, times 10. My gestures pass muster, except that I am told I am playing with my bracelet. "I get paid to pick. It's a great job," says Pachter. "We don't expect people to be perfect. We expect them to be professional...
...this year of supposed commitment, of faculty leadership following the defenestration of former University President Lawrence H. Summers, the "omission" of one of the Faculty’s small number of meetings is disheartening. Last year, the Faculty was able to muster the courage and patience to meet 14 times, including a January meeting. But when meetings were scheduled for this year, the Faculty decided to revert—even with the daunting task of finalizing the curricular review before it—to its normal, nine-meeting schedule...