Word: sharpness
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...These fellows bring to us a deep level of sophistication about politics and journalism as we engage the 1996 campaign season," IOP Director Philip Sharp said in a statement last week. "They will be a tremendous resource for our students and faculty, and for local journalists and politicians...
...Christopher Reeve has proved that courage and determination can help a person fly higher than any Hollywood special effects." EUAN B. SHARP St. Catharines, Canada...
Like his contemporary from Kansas, John Cole, whom I've known for 25 years, seems vigorous and sharp. But he'd mentioned the age issue himself recently in a column that appeared in the Forecaster, a weekly in Falmouth, Maine. In that column he concluded that since 73-year-olds don't think quite as quickly as they once did, they compensate by spending more time thinking--including times when they seem to be doing something else...
With its 6-in.-long razor-sharp teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex certainly had the look of a fearsome hunter. But looks aren't everything. For decades paleontologists have chewed over the suggestion that T. rex's eyes were too small, its arms too short and its legs too slow for effective hunting. A few experts have gone so far as to say that despite the monster's huge jaws, its teeth were fragile and its jaw muscles were not strong enough to capture and kill other animals. Maybe the king of the dinosaurs was just a lowly scavenger...
Dole insists he can balance the budget by 2002 through a combination of economic growth--to be spurred by the tax cuts--and sharp, though mostly unspecified, reductions in spending. Trust me, he is saying. He told the Chicago Chamber of Commerce, "I grew up a poor boy in Russell, Kansas. I know the importance of living within your means, and I know the consequences of not doing that. Deficit reduction is in my blood...