Word: perfective
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...assistant private secretary on duty, Edward Young, pointed out the Queen's professional skill: at just the right moment she turned to give the cameras a perfect backdrop of happy, flag-waving children. The emotional pitch was not quite the hormonal exchange of former U.S. President Bill Clinton working a rope line, but in her subdued way the Queen is a rock star whose charisma is curiously magnified because she seems to have no desire for the fame she cannot escape. As her limousine crawled away (she deadpanned to the chauffeur who tested it at the factory that its most...
...upbeat numbers alternating with more subdued songs and rhythms. Ritter’s gentle aesthetic is what makes this album listenable, but at the same time prevents it from being captivating. “The Animal Years” holds attention without demanding it, which qualifies the release as perfect homework music, if not truly compelling listening...
...realm. There’s no drawn-out series to watch, no seven-week playoff colossus that dulls the NBA until the Finals. There’s one start, one six-minute race to see who can outlast lactic acid buildup longer, and one hurried chance to get everything perfect. There are no timeouts, no pitching changes, and no substitutions. One chance, and one chance only.And that’s what makes the 5:30 a.m. stroll along the Charles so worth it. Boats don’t take days off, as is often the charge of baseball analysts...
...past three years the Extension students have done as well as the undergraduates.” According to Bamberg, the two highest grades last year were earned by Extension students. For the past two years Extension students outperformed their peers on his midterm—one even earning a perfect score. Evan K. Harris ’09, who is taking “Bits,” has a theory on why HES students may do especially well. “It’s up to them to log on to the site or not, while it?...
...make no pretensions to any form of objectivity in this reporting. Meghan’s my girl.) So far, the former FM associate has made short work of Last Senior Standing. “Everything else has been training,” Meghan deadpanned. Week one allowed her to perfect her m.o.—rolling early to Senior Bar, getting her card punched, then drinking and socializing as the mood strikes. By Sunday night, though, she seemed a little weary. “I thought about just coming in and getting my card punched,” she said...