Word: sharpness
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...appear with no clothes at all. That takes a rare degree of bravado, talent or self-delusion. Struggling to know which of those qualities he possesses is Larry Campbell, the neurotic young poet hero of Lynn Coady's very funny new novel, Mean Boy (Doubleday Canada; 382 pages), a sharp take on the follies of poets, academia and the small world of Canadian literature in the 1970s...
...collar. One popped collar may be annoying. But five? Pink ones? At the same time? On the same person? That is genius.The women who party at final clubs—despite the fact that they have to go to the bathroom in the basement—have an equally sharp and saucy brand of ironic fashion sense. It is much harder to exemplify irony when you don’t have a mansion left to you for no reason, but these girls do admirably under the circumstances. Often they wear ironically short mini-skirts and cable-knit sweaters...
...three decades ago.ASCENT TO POWER“Now, after a period of readjustment and phenomenal growth,” said then-President Pusey in a speech a year before his 1971 departure, “there comes for another president an era of radically altered conditions, sharp change, and formidable obstacles.” These words could serve as a first draft for outgoing University President Lawrence H. Summers’ final address. Much like Summers, Pusey was criticized for his rigid leadership style. The president of Union College, Harold C. Martin, once called Pusey “obdurate?...
...Musharraf's insurgent problems have multiplied as well with the sharp escalation in operations by secessionist fighters in the southern province of Baluchistan, which stretches the resources available to the Pakistani military. In the cities, too, the pressure is mounting: Recent protests in Pakistan's cities over Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad were mostly directed at the U.S. and Musharraf's alliance with Washington, and the resulting deaths have inflamed anger...
...departure has hardly gone unnoticed.In recent weeks, as rumors buzzed of Summers’ impending resignation, students perked up their ears. As the storm clouds gathered, many of campus’ more politically vocal students were already airing their opinions, but when Summers officially announced his resignation, there was sharp increase in the volume of discussion among the College’s typically quiet student body. Owing to the obvious gravity of the issue, and perhaps Summers’ celebrity affectation among undergraduates, students wanted to know what was happening and why. They talked to their friends, they e-mailed...