Word: pointedness
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Faust pointed to the Harvard Kennedy School’s efforts to work with the White House—in particular, the Office of Personnel Management—to improve its graduates’ prospects of working for government organizations at the national level.
Students also pointed out less extreme examples of fetishization, referring in particular to the phenomenon of “Yellow Fever.”
Gandy pointed to the disparity of subject matter in criticism that Clinton faced in comparison to male politicians, citing the media’s repeated references throughout the election season to Clinton’s hair, voice, figure, and clothing.
But as a society, as you've pointed out, we're not very good at making these predictions. We use measurements like IQ or the SAT or the Wonderlic test, and we're unable to determine if a budding lawyer or a budding quarterback is going to be any good...
He pointed out another dividend, this one political: to help the Administration draw a clear distinction from its predecessor for the benefit of left-leaning Obama supporters angered with the continuing war in Afghanistan and the renewal of the U.S. Patriot Act.