Word: onslaughts
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...raincoat wraps snugly around the wearer’s body, poses no threat to fellow pedestrians, and has the added advantage of thermal insulation. Driving rain poses no threat to the raincoat-clad pedestrian, while the umbrella user vainly struggles to position his or her weapon against the onslaught of the wind. And, if one wishes, the raincoat can be augmented by rain-pants and even gaiters to provide an unassailable guard from the weather’s truculence...
...Harvard humor, the constant jokes in nearly every line and lyric might seem a little excessive at first, but they keep the audience engaged until the curtain falls and leave it wanting more. Before the show even begins, the title “Fable Attraction” begins the onslaught of comedy. The curtains open, a colorful unicorn named “Peggy Seuss” played by David J. Andersson ’09 delivers an introductory soliloquy—and the production’s off to a roaring start. But if wordplay isn’t your...
Journalistic freedom and onslaught of student start-ups aside, the media campaign for Diamond’s models leaves much to be desired. The mass e-mail calling for nude photos from “hot” undergraduate women seemed offensive to many. Residential houses should not be places where undergraduates feel objectified. The magazine’s website—although still under construction—does not try to obscure the pornographic nature of the magazine’s aims. Content was described as a mixture of “entertaining, interesting and practical articles?...
...otherwise," Sarkozy warned, indicating that the 1,400 French troops stationed in Chad could step off the sidelines if the rebels push their luck. The United Nations Security Council has urged all member states to back President Déby's government in the face of the rebel onslaught. "If Chad has been the victim of an aggression," Sarkozy added, "France would have - that's conditional - the means to oppose that action... Everyone had better think about that...
...France's hands-off position may be about to change. The speed and ferocity of the initial rebel onslaught on the capital may have led Paris to consider Déby's fall imminent, and defense of his regime futile. But the rally by his forces Monday appears to have changed Sarkozy's calculations. On Monday, the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution that "strongly condemns these attacks and all attempts at destabilization by force," but fell short of approving outside military intervention after Russia objected. Still, Sarkozy used that vote as a basis for his warning to rebels...