Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...There's no question the layoff has been tough," Harvard Coach Carole Kleinfelder said. "We have not looked as sharp...
...semifinal opponent, Princeton, played last Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. As the tournament's second seed, the Crimson got a bye into the semifinals. The Tigers nipped the University of Virginia, 6-5, and, according to some Crimson players who saw the contest, looked sharp. Sharper than when Harvard beat them, 6-2, March...
...sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name at least the titles of every other book Hume wrote; don't just say Medieval cathedrals, name nine. Think up a few specific examples of "contemporary decadence," like Natalie Wood. If you can't come up with titles, try a few sharp metaphors of your own; they at least have the solid clinks of pseudofacts...
...served by a squadron of waiters. Playing impresario, she deftly focused scattershot conversations into one group topic, spawning debates over the reasons matte eye-shadow sales are soaring (one theory: softens the wrinkles) and whether there will be a woman President -- "Not in my lifetime," insists Lear. Quick and sharp- witted, she suffers fools not at all and snubs sycophants with an icy glance. But when she is surrounded by sympathetic friends, her conversation expands. She defends her obvious vanity: "This quality continues into old age and drives the desire to remain sexual, slender and fashionable." A self- styled vegetarian...
...what happened in Poland, Hungary and the Soviet Union." He called the demonstrators "a black hand against the party and myself," and told Li and Yang that "we must take strict measures to deal with this movement, or there will be nationwide turmoil." Vowed Deng: "We must use a sharp knife to cut the flaxen threads...