Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...week, Giuliani reached out to the Diallo family but spent as much energy calling on angry citizens to "put their prejudices and biases aside. We have racism in New York...We also have a vicious form of antipolice bias." The First Lady, who had already apologized for the murder remark, was more cautious in her reaction. She asked people "to strive for a better understanding of the incredible risk police face," and for police and citizens "to treat each other with mutual respect." Her remarks seemed to be aimed at avoiding further controversy, while Giuliani, who has been taking heat...
...atoms want to make a connection. A couple of days ago I made a disparaging remark in a web column about Bob Jones University. Almost instantly, out of the upper electronic air, there flew this e-mail: "You are the 'accuser,' better known in the Bible as Satan...
...random night in AOL's Town Square area, 140 of the first 200 chat rooms were labeled M4M.) "Unless you're John McCain, you can't always look at someone's face and know they're gay," says Internet-privacy expert John Aravosis, jokingly referring to the candidate's remark about his ability to spot gays in the military. "The chat rooms are a place where people can be relaxed and reach out without fear...
...after class and slowly, you notice, class isn't as great as you thought. Maybe your whole tutorial is fascinated by Celtic poetry and you find yourself looking forward weekly meetings despite yourself. Where does the consensus come from? It's all in the details: an off-hand remark that someone makes, a perfect characterization, the collective curve-setting on the midterm. Slowly, the class opinion converges to a mean...
Closer to home is a remark which surfaced in the wake of the recent UC election fiasco as Crimson writer Parker Conrad interviewed ex-candidate Leonard about the petition brought against John Burton. Conrad quotes Leonard as saying that "John Burton epitomizes everything the average student hates about the council." What gives Leonard the right to speak for 'the average student,' and with such vehemence? Is it all right if we corroborate? Or all right if we do not dissent...