Word: sharpness
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...Leith Sharp, who directs the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, an administrative organization responsible for environmental issues across the University, said the renewable energy referendum—supported by 82 percent of voting undergraduates—was key in convincing Summers to go ahead with the plan...
...such student was Timothy H. Schmidt ’08, who called Mankiw “a really sharp guy” and “energetic...
...workshops," where the member is joined by a panel that might include a Social Security caseworker, an expert on retirement planning and a few workers eligible for private accounts if they became law. They're hoping this will inspire a more relaxed discussion, instead of subjecting Republican legislators to sharp questioning from members of the AARP, as well as liberal groupings such as moveon.org. House Republicans also plan to set up an intranet website for their members with guidelines on selling the social security plan (invoking the word "voluntary" before "personal accounts, for instance), answers to frequently asked questions...
...important goals President Hu Jintao set for this year's congress is to promote a "harmonious society" by finding ways to address the populace's many grievances while bolstering central Party authority over the provinces. The widening gap between China's rich and poor?evident in a sharp rise in public demonstrations against government corruption, labor strife and other civil disturbances?may threaten Party rule, higher-ups fear. "When the leadership starts talking about harmony," says Wu Guogang, professor of political science at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, "it's a pretty good indication that they're afraid...
...Brahms piece, the first few movements were a bit sloppy, especially in the winds. However, the pizzicato passages in the third movement were sharp and clear. Indeed, the orchestra’s performance of the symphony’s memorable and famous fourth movement fittingly concluded a night when the works of the greats were masterfully played by the up-and-coming greats...