Word: pit
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...It’s not [that we’re] trying to pit ourselves against the administration, said Chan, who is now a member of the Undergraduate Council. “We just...need to see why the administration is doing this, the rationale behind the policy change, so that everyone’s clear and on the same page...
Apple embraced this trend in a self-consciously ironic way. Its popular commercials pit a creative twenty-something (Mac) against a dumpy, unimaginative middle-aged man (PC). Their interactions constantly conclude that the Mac laptop fits an urbane, exciting lifestyle—though with a reassuring wink to consumers, so as to not presume that the ad actually sells you. But the message is clear: Personality is an extension of where you swipe your credit card...
...Democrats before the 2006 election. "He said, 'Are these going to be filed before November?'" Iglesias recalled. "I said I didn't think so... to which he replied, 'I'm very sorry to hear that.' And then the line went dead. "I had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach," Iglesias testified. "Six weeks later I got the call that I had to move on." The ousted prosecutor also said that Heather Wilson, a Republican House member from New Mexico, had called him about the same issue...
...changed much over the past eight years, Gross said in response to a parent’s question about grade inflation. Despite the attention given to grading in the past, Gross said that he did not want “to use grades in any way to pit [students] against each other.” “My feeling is that grades are most useful to give students some idea of how they are doing in their courses,” he said. “Our students are going to do fine when they get out of here...
...lyrical world “where the clouds are made of candy-floss” and a sound to match that choice. This foray from a sound akin to the Velvet Underground into one much more suited to Captain and Tennille leaves a sickly feeling in the pit of your stomach. But don’t worry if the album flops: Dean and Britta assure us that “our love will still be there.” Maybe that’s what got them into this mess in the first place. —Reviewer Joshua...