Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...political debate does not tell you much about the people involved. It rewards those who exude charisma and speak in eloquent turns of phrase, and it punishes those who may have brilliant ideas but less-than-clever ways of expressing them. So take this analysis of last night's Undergraduate Council debate with more than a few grains of salt. I am not endorsing any particular candidate but simply evaluating who came across best...
When somebody said the chef did have a great touch with omelets, Molly made the sort of face I became familiar with when our own children were growing up. I associate it with a painfully evocative phrase that one of my daughters used at an early age for food she found revolting--"guts and throw...
...members speaking in support of including "Harvard" in the phrase "maintain contact with Radcliffe administration," included Nora K. Puffett '96, who commented that: "[o]therwise, you're risking a certain level of irrelevence...
...phrase Christmas movies summons candy-cane memories of Jimmy Stewart chatting with an angel, Natalie Wood on Santa's knee, Macaulay Culkin giving Joe Pesci a splitting headache. It also suggests another fantasy: the family setting off for the local movieplex and seeing a film together instead of having to go to two different features, one for Mom and Dad, the other for the kids. Surely, somewhere under the holiday sky, there must be a film the whole family can stand. Mustn't there? Surely...
...teach world history, and my students are frequently surprised to learn that the Jewish, Christian and Muslim representations of God show the same deity, culturally and historically. The term Judeo-Christian is often used when a more appropriate phrase would be Judeo-Christian-Muslim. Your inclusion of Muslim perspectives in your article on Genesis certainly supports the understanding of the shared experiences of these three religions. THOM LABARBERA Newark, Delaware...