Word: roughest
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...distorted by improvements in diagnosis. Nevertheless, Burkitt and his colleagues believe that the increases in these diseases are real, and were caused by a change in the type of food eaten in developed countries, particularly in food that reaches the large bowel with the least change: indigestible fiber, the roughest of roughage. Until about 1890, they say, the pound of bread that average Britons and Americans ate every day contained much indigestible fiber; because of more elaborate milling techniques, bread now contains less fiber and people are eating less of it. This, the researchers say, has affected both the frequency...
Rather they jeer at his inability to answer questions about the scandal fully and are giving him the roughest treatment any presidential press secretary in memory has absorbed...
...used a deep and resonant voice to pose well-reasoned and sequential follow-up questions. Hawaii Democrat Daniel K. Inouye, almost as melodious but terser, intoned crisp, relevant queries. Readiest with information of his own was Connecticut Republican Lowell P. Weicker Jr., who may turn out to be the roughest and most combative of the commit tee members. Georgia Democrat Herman E. Talmadge scowled frequently but talked the least, while New Mexico Democrat Joseph M. Montoya seemingly had not always heard previous answers. Minority Counsel Fred D. Thompson was grimly aggressive and quick thinking...
...prank or decorator's slip, it neatly symbolizes the transcendent banality that is shot through the movie like a dose of glucose. Kahlil Gibran would sound like Wittgenstein next to the woozy wisdom dispensed here: "You'd be surprised how a little courtesy all around makes the roughest problems so much smoother." "There are moments in every man's life when he glimpses the eternal." "We teach that virtue lies in moderation...
...clean sweep today and a win over Yale next week will even the Crimson's record at 8-8 and salvage the squad's roughest season. "The guys are really up for this meet," Harvard coach John Lee said yesterday. "But the meet will be no picnic...