Word: remarkable
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Tiao says that first-time visitors to the room often make some snide remark like, “Whose is this?” Another of her roommates, Allison A. Frost ’08, also notes that they “have gotten weird looks” about the puzzle. When prompted with the idea of throwing a crossword puzzle party, Tiao remarked, “That would finish off my social life for good...
...debate site. The 23 members of the "dial group" had a knob they could turn to indicate their approval or disapproval of what the candidates were saying. When the Democratic nominee noted the sexual orientation of Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter Mary, to a person, they thought the remark was odd, jarring. "People thought it was uncalled for," Luntz found. In an ABC News poll, 2 of 3 voters said Kerry's reference to Mary Cheney was inappropriate, though 57% agreed with the larger point he was making--that homosexuals don't choose to be gay but rather...
...public arena. When asked in August about gay marriage, Cheney said, "Lynne and I have a gay daughter," before going on to note that it was the President--who supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage--who sets policy. In the vice-presidential debate, Cheney had genially acknowledged the remarks of Senator John Edwards after he complimented the Cheneys for standing by their "gay daughter." Friends of the Cheneys insist that the Vice President was actually peeved by Edwards' remark, but chose to hold his tongue. "He was ostensibly being gracious," said a Cheney ally. "But he was really saying...
...remembered having conversations with Han early on in college during which they would remark how strikingly different their college experiences were from high-school. Han said she felt as though she did not belong at Boston College and wondered why. She credited her discussions with Hsu and to an even greater degree Fong’s article with crystallizing this sentiment and inciting her to action...
...from a geography lesson, the president’s off-hand remark, one of five references to his opponent’s home state in the span of 30 minutes, highlighted a not-so-subtle culture war lying in the subtext of this year’s presidential campaign...