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...instruction at the College. Also, in all but 11 of the concentrations, Honors and Basic requirements would be condensed into one set, making the only thing that distinguishes an Honors degree from a non-Honors degree a thesis or a “capstone project.” The quaint notion of the “capstone project”—a vaguely-defined senior-year endeavor that does not have to involve original and intensive academic research or writing—deserves scorn, too, for providing seniors with what would likely become an easy...
...their tactics and timetables. The notion that U.S. soldiers would gradually pull back off the streets of the cities to a local base and then to a few main garrisons while local Iraqi forces stepped in to smooth the path toward a peaceful and democratic Iraq looks a little quaint now. And as long as U.S. troops are spread out across the country to douse local flare-ups, the supply lines will be long and the convoys vulnerable to roadside bombs and ambushes. The only way to protect such convoys is to make them big and mean enough to defend...
...some strange twist of preppy fate, the brainstorming for this article took place at the WASP epicenter—a quaint, boutique-dotted road in the middle of Martha’s Vineyard. With so much research material at my fingertips, I was poised to make a brilliant and insightful commentary on Harvard’s preppy culture...
Wealth will not pass beyond three generations," warns a Chinese proverb. Genes, the thinking goes, don't always carry the entrepreneurial DNA of an empire's founder to his descendants, who consistently dissipate the ancestral fortune. That quaint admonition must be weighing on the mind of Hong Kong--based alpha tycoon Li Ka-shing. Though he has given no indication that he is contemplating retirement, Asia's richest man (estimated net worth: $12.4 billion) is 75 years old. Which of his two sons--quiet, nose-to-the-grindstone Victor or sociable, creative Richard--will take over the family businesses...
After you walk out of Jasmine Sola with that ultra-risqué outfit, jump across Brattle St. to a quaint yellow eighteenth-century house for a class that will make your hips looser than a drunkard’s tongue. Home to a variety of academic and non-academic courses, the Cambridge Center for Adult Education’s Seyyide (also of Fred Astaire Studios) teaches “ancient movements to ancient rhythms.” Each class is capped at sixteen students to ensure that you get the most out of your belly dancing experience. Prices...