Word: par
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...charges last month by agreeing to pay a $141,000 fine. Still, the scandal has left the Christian Democratic leadership in crisis. Angela Merkel, the new cdu leader chosen last year, has been trading insults with two rivals who covet her job: Friedrich Merz, the cdu's leader in par-liament, and Edmund Stoiber, head of the party's longtime Bavarian ally the Christian Social Union. Erwin Teufel, the cdu leader who has governed in Baden-Württemberg since 1991, complained last month about the "devastating image" the leadership feud was projecting on his own campaign...
...getting late - or early - and still Fai hasn't found a worthy target. After much deliberation, a few swaying laps around the tables, he concludes that the three girls left dancing in the club aren't up to his standards. "They are all ju par [pork chops]," he says. "Let's go smoke...
...Wahid's Indonesia, however, that's par for the course. There are bigger, more troubling imponderables. The country seems to be falling apart in so many different ways. Was Kalimantan's carnage an anti-migrant pogrom similar to those in Irian Jaya? Or was it more like the separatist-incited violence in Aceh? Or was it similar to the bloody religious rivalry between Christians and Muslims in Ambon? When the Dayaks carved out the hearts and heads of their victims, was this the kind of tribal blood sport that would have proliferated in Indonesia had former President Suharto not exerted...
...simply, Section 11 thrives on obnoxiousness. Gritty, vulgar, in-your-face obnoxiousness. The kind that would inspire fans, in unison, to inform the visiting team's goalie that he was probably some kind of illegitimate child. Or, that his goaltending skills are on par with that of common kitchen straining devices. Or, that his face would make babies cry. Or, that his skates are too large and his "stick" is too small...
Despite turning in a sub-par performance, Harvard still maintained the lead after two periods. Union capitalized on the Crimson's sloppy defensive tactics and equalized a 1-0 lead in the second period and a 2-1 lead in the third. The perservering Union squad then notched the game-winner...