Word: sharpers
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...terse statement posted by the country's leading party on its website, it accuses legislators of retaliating against Blocher out of "jealousy and frustration over our successes." And because the lawmakers replaced Blocher with a moderate member of his own party, who might try to blunt the sharper edges of her predecessor's hard-line policies rather than toe the official stance, the SVP has threatened to leave the government and form an opposition party. The move would undermine Switzerland's 50-year-old "magic formula" under which four main political parties share seven Cabinet seats, balancing different cultural...
...final power play for a 6-4 advantage, appeared poised to tie the score. “We made it harder on ourselves tonight than it needed to be,” Stone said. “We made some knucklehead decisions. We need to become a sharper crisper smarter team going forward.” But the Harvard penalty kill held up, as did sophomore goalie Christina Kessler, and the Crimson managed to eke out the narrow victory. Kessler posted a season-high 28 saves and leads the nation with a .961 save percentage and 0.86 goals against average...
...genres: the graphic novel. Singers like Camille, Benjamin Biolay and Vincent Delerm have revived the chanson. Hip-hop artists like Senegal-born MC Solaar, Cyprus-born Diam's and Abd al Malik, a son of Congolese immigrants, have taken the verlan of the streets and turned it into a sharper, more poetic version of American...
...jake in the storied House of Rudy. "Very sad and disappointing," said Romney. McCain ally Tom Ridge, a straight arrow who turned down a chance to be on the Republican ticket in 1996 because he did not believe he was ready for the job of Vice President, was sharper. "We're not talking about some urban city patronage job," said Ridge. "That's not what a Cabinet Secretary's about...
...suggested that there will likely be no other candidates who are currently UC representatives. Even more troubling, no potential outsider candidates have come to the fore. An uncontested race adversely affects not only the entertainment value, but also the quality of its outcome. Competition pushes all participants to be sharper, more innovative, and more accountable. A multiplicity of voices and platforms widens the scope and depth of issues raised during the campaign. Though Sundquist has long been an obvious contender for the top UC spot as only the fourth non-junior in UC history to be elected vice president, experience...