Word: roughness
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Within a year of his arrival at Harvard, however, Summers found himself in the midst of a public relations crisis, facing criticism from all sides for his loose tongue, his rough treatment of various professors, and above all, his extremely charged feud with African American Studies star Cornel R. West ’74. Factions of the faculty were in an uproar, and in reporting the unrest, the national press painted Summers as a man who simply never learned his lesson...
...Summers worked on smoothing his rough edges, the press stayed on his case—paying him a reluctant respect while insistently dwelling on his propensity towards blunt and unforgiving behavior...
...prosecute later. That may mean potentially sacrificing a legal victory by gathering evidence in unorthodox or inadmissible ways, or resorting to the Al Capone strategy of using lesser charges--like immigration violations, minor perjury or food-stamp fraud--to keep a suspect off the street. That can make for rough justice. Says an official: "The American people want it all ways. They want the disruption, and they want it to look pretty...
Pantano is not a typical Marine. He was born in New York City and grew up in Hell's Kitchen, then a rough part of town. "You could usually see crack vials lying on the sidewalk," he recalls. High school took him to a very different part of the city. Thanks to financial aid, he attended Horace Mann School in Riverdale, N.Y., a place better known for socialites than for soldiers. Pantano signed up in advance for the Marine Corps. He wanted to make sure he was accepted for the infantry, not assigned some desk job because of his education...
...endeavor has more than one and a half good songs (the former has only “The Dead of the Day” and a reheated version of Public Enemy’s “Arrest The President”). Although it has its rough spots, A New White. is easily one of the most innovative albums of 2005 so far, in any genre. Like Dose One’s legendary (and relatively impenetrable) Circle LP with producer Boom Bip, this music takes a while to sink in, especially for Drucker neophytes, but rewards repeated listens with some...