Word: remarkable
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...most important point I'd like to make, however, concerns Grunwald's heroic pursuit to try to get me to contradict myself. Grunwald misconstrued my remark to him that I didn't know any gays at Harvard "personally" for meaning that I didn't know any gays at Harvard. He then proceeded to construct the rather lengthy argument that any and all claims that I have made that homosexuals appear unhappy to me must be entirely without foundation. After all, how could I make such statements without knowing any gays here...
...film the daughters are sons, and one of them tells the old man that his children are what he made them. Smiley began reading commentaries about the play, especially by feminists, and was miffed to find that even the most radical rejected Shakespeare's terrible twosome: "A remark condemning Goneril and Regan was de rigueur...
Defining unwelcome or offensive advances sounds like a subjective judgment; many people last week were worried that sexual harassment is anything an accuser says it is. But in a landmark ruling, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court in California ruled that the law covers any remark or behavior that a "reasonable woman" would find to be a problem -- and acknowledged that a woman's perception might differ from a man's. Judge Robert Beezer wrote that "conduct that many men consider unobjectionable may offend many women." He noted that because women are much more likely to be victims of rape...
...self-described pro-choice feminist, who sat right next to Thomas at work for more than two years and heard almost every telephone conversation he had, says she never heard him make one sexist remark. Another remembers that Thomas corrected her for using profanity on official business. Yet another recalled that when Thomas spoke to female employees in his office, he always left the door open...
...recovery would be in full swing. But in recent weeks the President has twice convened special sessions of his Economic Policy Council. Reason: although Bush's advisers regularly declare the recession over, polls show that the vast majority of Americans don't buy it. The President was moved to remark last week, "Although I believe that the economy is on the right track, let me be the first to say all is not well...