Word: odd
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...Bush lives at the intersection of faith and inexperience. This is not a reassuring address, especially in a time of trouble. His public utterances are often measured and elegant, but there are frequent and rather grating lapses too. There is a tendency to ricochet between piety and puerility, an odd juxtaposition that raises a discomforting theological question: What is it about the President's religious faith that makes him seem so jaunty as he faces the most fateful decision a President can make...
While he was held without a goal by the Big Red defense, that is the extent to which Cornell held Moore in check. He was the greatest threat to the Big Red all night, skating hard and fast through the zone with the puck, leading odd-man rushes at Cornell goaltender Dave LeNeveu and digging relentlessly along the boards against the Big Red’s huge captains, Doug Murray and Stephen Baby...
...Crimson’s prolific first line was silenced entirely as the Harvard forecheck let up one odd-man rush after another. Harvard trailed after a period, regained the lead in the second, and then abruptly surrendered it again in the third...
...doesn't rain - the square in front of the lopsided St. Etienne cathedral fills with stands of booksellers offering hand-tooled, gold-leafed and leather-bound volumes along with used paperbacks. The cathedral itself is a little wacky - built between the 11th and 17th centuries, it's the odd sum of some pretty disparate parts, but well worth a look. Behind it, in the Place Dupuy, a new Saturday marché créatif sprouted last year, with so far about a dozen artists and artisans offering their handmade wares. Sunday morning is the biggest market feast of all. First...
Despite the apparent professionalism of the Pudding’s production methods, the group has a remarkable set of odd traditions and even odder happenstance...