Word: shaked
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...guess is what you’re hearing is largely sour grapes,” said Thomas F. Stephenson ’64, “Larry isn’t afraid to shake things up to get things done...
...loyalty to a higher cause seems to have been lost in a rumble of power dynamics and showmanship. We can’t shake the depressing suspicion that the Faculty knows better, but seems keen on leveraging the threat of “no confidence” when they sit down at the bargaining table...
...year-old, who fled Iran to avoid persecution for his political beliefs and is now studying surveying and writing poetry, has frequent nightmares and panic attacks; the verse he writes is always dark. He has been recognized as a refugee by the Australian government, but he can't shake free of the four years he spent in detention fighting for that recognition, or forget the attempted suicides, mental illness and mistreatment he saw there. He still becomes upset when he talks of the friends he left behind. "They have to wait without any future," he says...
...extra time for testing; who insist that their child take five Advanced Placement classes, play three varsity sports, perform in the school orchestra and be in student government--and then complain that kids are stressed out because the school doesn't do enough to prevent scheduling conflicts. Teachers just shake their heads as they see parents so obsessed with getting their child into a good college that they don't ask whether it's the right one for the child's particular interests and needs...
...think I do anything different from what any of us do,” Reid says plainly, with a touch of exasperation. The words may be genuine, but they reveal more than she’d like. Put simply, the Tara Reid she’d love to shake isn’t going anywhere. She’s in her voice...