Word: personable
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...something - anything - sacred amid the profane ("His neck is right here, here's the beard, the goatee, his eye, I think that's his eyebrow, this sorta looks like a mole...") before you burst into laughter. The second reaction is something akin to, "How long did it take this person to find all these clips and splice them together?" Reaction number three is obvious - mockery. But the fourth response is the most surprising. A sense of...pity? No. More like empathy for these poor news folk, who probably want nothing more than to expose corrupt assemblymen or be first...
...chef? I'm looking for somebody who will put every ounce of energy they have into making that restaurant a success. They may not necessarily be the most talented. But do they really want a restaurant? It's as simple as that. There are many talents a person requires to run a successful restaurant. It's not all about food and service. There are a lot of restaurants that serve good food, and there are a lot of restaurants that serve people. But they don't all survive, do they...
...members in the cast of Acropolis Now, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 161st Show: 12 Number of performances put on this year: 38 Year of the staging of the HPT’s first production, Bombastes Furioso: 1844 Age of Paul Dudley, class of 1690, the youngest person ever to be admitted to Harvard: 10 Estimated IQ of Willian James Sidis, class of 1909, a child prodigy who entered Harvard at age 11: 300 Number of books stolen fron Widener library found in the home of a University graduate: 2,054 Number of books in the University?...
...meeting said that while experiences with teachers were generally positive, students still reported encountering bullying and theft outside of the classroom. Most parents agreed that maintaining a positive school culture should be a major priority. “I’d rather have my kid be a nice person than pass the MCAS,” said parent Debra Gustafson. Some parents also noted that establishing a respectful school climate would require educating faculty members as well as students. “Teachers are not exempt from bad social skills,” said parent Chandra Banks. Deputy Superintendent...
...circumstances surrounding the gun attack remain unclear. The murdered man was part of a back-up team responding to what police have described as a "call for help from a vulnerable person." He was shot as he got out of a police vehicle...