Word: righteous
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...seems primed for more upheaval. According to an article in The New York Times yesterday, the Iranian political elite grows more frustrated every day with Ahmadinejad; insistent on progress, they have begun to clamor and sadly, be repressed. Meanwhile, the president clings to his popular image as principled and righteous among the more religious majority. Even under the alien auspices of a theocracy, the similarities of the Iranian electoral system to our own are salient here today as ever...
McCain's own view on the contest of resumes is typically stubborn, even righteous. "Even if the economy is the quote 'number one issue,' the real issue will remain America's security," he told reporters yesterday. "And if [voters] choose to say, look, I do not need this guy because he's not as good on home loan mortgages or whatever . I understand that. I will accept that verdict...
...blog and with Wallace, Clemens was righteous and restrained. It was a fine performance--for a control pitcher like Greg Maddux. But Clemens' forte was always power: throwing a 95-m.p.h. fastball that could depilate a batter's eyebrows. That was the Clemens on display at his Jan.7 press conference. Staring down reporters with the same intensity he lasered at Mike Piazza in 2000 (just before he beaned him), Clemens played the tape of a recent 17-min. phone call he'd had with McNamee. For revelations, this was no Watergate tape; neither side admitted to lying...
...David Pilbeam? The metaphysical complications of a question like this could leave philosophers debating for days. However, for many Harvard students, Pilbeam is interim dean of the College, social science professor, paleontologist and, of course, the person responsible for squashing UC party grants. But for all the self-righteous outrage in the fallout of Pilbeam’s controversial decision earlier this fall, can Harvard students pick him out of a lineup? A recent survey says maybe, but don’t put your money on it. In a super-scientific poll conducted among 40 Harvard students in Annenberg Hall...
...well, particularly in the incredibly rich indie rock scene that flourished there in the early ‘90s. Fugazi, with its playfully militant clatterings, are clearly a big influence. On “Emergency & I,” the D.C. area’s noisy, slightly self-righteous sound is tempered by relentless, self-deprecating irony and graceful, charismatic sonic power. “Spider in the Snow”—you’re the spider, by the way—best embodies the album’s alienated tone. As the band disinterestedly shifts from...