Word: odd
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Stanton and other representatives from Southwark were honored with an invitation-only dinner yesterday evening. The 50-odd guests included administrators, students, Corker’s family, and the present, past, and future fun czars, with name tags labeling them Fun Czars I through...
...originality by taking advantage of his talented cast and presenting a consistently comfortable atmosphere throughout the film. Coupland’s script layers clever dialogue and amusing plot details on top of the tired premise of a premature mid-life crisis. Ryan’s specific circumstances are odd enough to catch attention, but not so outlandish as to obscure the message behind his quest for satisfaction from personal and professional pursuits. The style of the script conforms to the accepted indie formula of anti-establishment themes that focus on the vices of materialism and the corporate ethos?...
...asked if everyone was OK. There was no answer. So she ran. She ran to her Resident Assistant's room, not realizing that it was her RA, Ryan "Stack" Clark, whose body had been blocking the door of 4040. With Clark not in his room, Donohue made an odd decision. She went back to her room, got dressed for class, grabbed her lab manual for Chemistry, and went to meet her boyfriend for breakfast...
...help of a translator, Ogryzkov replied, “I might not only become a real bell ringer, but also a real deaf person.” Besides teaching the mechanics of ringing the bells, Ogryzkov spoke about the liturgical origins of one of the bells’ odd nicknames. According to Ogryzkov, the bell known as “Famine, Pestilence, and Despair,” was likely rung during the hard fasts of Lent. Ogryzkov said that while some of the nicknames correlate with their historic uses, a certain amount of “poetical interpretation?...
...Several times, Cho's odd behavior indicated to university authorities that he could be dangerous. Virginia Tech police Chief Wendell Flinchum said at a press conference today that a search of his department's records had turned up at least four hits concerning Cho's mental state...