Word: phrasings
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...appeal ?- he?s a political outsider who?s not too far outside and a political commentator who?s smart enough to sound halfway credible and wacky enough to appeal to the margins. Those who are waving Buchanan ashore see a rabble-rousing candidate (in the best sense of the phrase) who?ll bring a small army of followers and a measure of political professionalism to a young party whose power base is currently divvied up between a flaky billionaire and a loose-tongued ex-wrestler...
Once again that bitter phrase will be the motto of the Harvard men's water polo team (12-19, 5-6 CWPA). After a frustrating, injury-plagued 1997 season, the Crimson entered the 1998 season expecting to make a splash during the regular season and at the East Coast Athletic Conference Tournament...
That's a jaded view of the commonly quoted phrase "most of the learning goes on outside of the classroom." But it's true in certain ways. Do you really want to know the criteria Harvard bases its acceptances on? In its unconsciously pretentious way, Harvard likes to say that it's betting on the future of its students. You may hear differently from your proctors, tutors and House Masters. But each member of the admissions committee will tell you that they care less about the grades you get here than about what you do with yourself after you graduate...
When he isn't feeling superior to his surroundings, McCourt suffers brief spasms of unworthiness. There are his infected eyes, "like two pissholes in the snow," a phrase he likes so much that he repeats it many, many times. Another thoroughly used favorite is "not giving a fiddler's fart." Reading this book can push you to just that point...