Word: rankness
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...result is clear as sludge on Paris' notoriously befouled sidewalks, whose doo-slickened surfaces cause 650 hospitalizations a year and rank as Parisians' third-biggest gripe about their city. Tourists also marvel at the mess, a situation that in part shaped Cho's form of protest. "I wanted it to be an international message everyone would understand," says he. "I began using French flags to suggest we Parisians are so proud of our dog poop that we display it all over our sidewalks. I think visitors and residents alike get the irony of the message...
...beyond the four or five or six classes in which they enrolled at the beginning of the semester. At the other end of the spectrum lie the Harvard students who follow the guidance of Mark Twain and never let their schooling interfere with their education, either. In truth, academics rank terribly low on the priority scale for many undergraduates. These students certainly learn and develop during their four years at Harvard, but not necessarily in the conventional classroom setting...
Although the idea is still in development, McGahey says they hope to ask students to rank their favorite cereals, sodas, juices and salad dressings so that they can decide what to offer based on their poularity...
Would a C-minus by any other name still smell as rank...
...rank-and-file representatives are more than happy to let him take the heat for tinkering with the law. Because Finneran is such an autocratic leader, he is blamed when the House tries to change election law. And the members who put him in that position and gave him that power get off scot-free--they suffer far less political damage than they would if there was no easy target to blame...