Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ignored her biting mockery as I tumbled headfirst into the popular culture trap and went anyway. And I have to admit--a part of me missed the swagger, the belligerence, the Milennium Falcon, the too-quick trigger finger and the stupid hyperdrive that never worked. Everything else about this movie was perfect. And maybe that was the problem...
...offer his "regrets and profound condolences" but neglected to apologize. This was an insensitive lapse for the Chinese, who have rankled for decades because of Japanese politicians stretching syntax to avoid apologizing for their country's wartime aggression. With their prickly sense of national pride, the Chinese are quick to react to any perceived slight...
Cynics abound, especially in Germany, where Daimler-Benz had to take a huge write-off because of Schrempp's disastrous acquisition of Fokker, a Dutch aviation company. But the mountain-climbing chairman has won astonishing support from the Americans for his straight talk, quick decision making and more charisma than most rooms can handle...
Amid the highly charged fallout from Littleton, there is a growing political momentum to tighten the noose around the Second Amendment, which allows Americans to keep and bear arms. However, take a quick look around pop culture, and you will easily find examples of how violence is considered a creative outlet. Movies try to outdo one another in innovative gore, video games teach kids how to use guns, and the Internet is a wide-open forum. So while we're chipping away at the Second Amendment, why not peel back some layers of the First Amendment, which permits freedom...
Clearly, the ball is now in Rudenstine and the University's court. In an April 9 Op-Ed in The Crimson, Fineberg explained that because of the complexity of the issue at hand, the University's decision "will not be simple and [is] not apt to be quick." Perhaps now that so many faculty members have joined the cause, the University will be moved to act a little more quickly...