Word: sharp
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...will miss his sharp intelligence, his delightful wit, and his broad understanding of times past and present,” Faust said of her fellow historian...
...possession, cycling the puck out of the corners and working along the perimeter of the zone. Martin was able to stifle any scoring chances by lining up outside shots for glove saves and diving to smother the rebounds she did not initially control. But this time Bauer made a sharp cut through the interior of the tired defense, shuttling the puck to Zaugg for the open look. So the exhausting affair ended in disappointment for Harvard, but the team’s leaders, even in the immediate aftermath, were able to appreciate its quality, cleanliness?...
...While polls suggest that a slim majority of Republican voters support the immigration bill, opposition to its provision allowing citizenship has draw many attacks from conservatives within the party. Last week, President Bush dismissed opponents of the bill as "spreading fear," provoking sharp responses from typically reliable Administration allies such as Rush Limbaugh (who told his listeners the President stood to "lose some of you"). "I wish we could raise the level of dialogue on this issue," McCain told TIME...
...smart enough, strong enough, mean enough. Sharp saw Dingell up close the last time Big John reluctantly tackled air pollution--the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act that successfully dealt with acid rain. Now Dingell has awakened to global warming, holding more than two dozen hearings on the issue since February and extracting on-the-record promises of cooperation from heads of industry more accustomed to obstruction...
...most famous member of Congress, but he's among the most feared. "A trade-association leader recently told me that his group was going to shift from being against mandatory caps on carbon emissions to being for them," Sharp recounts. "When I asked why, he said, 'There's no way we can go meet with Dingell and just say no.' He didn't mention any other leader of the House or Senate, just Dingell...