Word: posterize
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...away at quail. The quail's little "bobwhite" whistle is one of the most beautiful sounds. Quail are farmers' friends, eating insects that are harmful to crops. These gentle birds harm no one and take good care of their families. Sherrill Durbin Mounds, Oklahoma, U.S. Dick Cheney is the poster boy for the "shoot first, think later" approach, whether it involves war, torture or just plain getting even. James B. Morin Guasti, California, U.S. Grim News from Greenland "Has the meltdown begun?" [Feb. 27] reported the discovery that Greenland's glaciers are melting faster than anyone expected. That is more...
...sense women already have a version of that right: Most states have laws permitting a woman to relinquish all her parental responsibilities if she leaves a baby at a hospital after giving birth. "No shame. No blame. No names" says the poster on the bus shelter. Naturally such laws are designed to offer an alternative to the heartbreaking stories we read of babies dumped in trash cans and abandoned by the side of the road...
Last week, an uproar mounted when the Harvard Right to Life (HRL) put up posters depicting an in utero fetus named Elena, captioned by crayon font, reading, “I’m 25 days old…and my heart already BEATS!!” Some in our community have taken justice in their own hands and deemed these posters unfit for public view. They have taken what in their view is a reasonable course of action: tearing down the posters. They are wrong. Vigilantes, we do not need your protection. HRL has a right to free expression...
Almusai's roommate, Neil Ball, 21, a junior from Logan County, W.Va., who has an Appalachian drawl, says their biggest problem has not been current events or differing tastes in wall dcor--Ball put up a seductive poster of Jessica Simpson, Almusai a portrait of King Abdullah--but "probably my accent." Kenny Ison, 20, a culinary-arts major from Point Pleasant, W.Va., happily recalls how his roommate, Hatim al-Garzaie, 21, invited him to sit on a rug spread on the floor and dine with a bunch of Saudi students by digging into communal pans of rice and meat...
Dick Cheney is theposter boy forthe "shoot first, think later" approach, whether it involves war, torture or just plain getting even...