Word: sheering
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...this gesture of sustainability and commend Harvard’s investment in local produce. At the same time, however, we believe it is necessary for HUDS to realize that squash is not a panacea and must be supplemented. Although the complaint may seem humorous, it is entirely valid: The sheer amount of squash served in the dining hall as a meal’s vegetable or vegetarian entrée is startling. Rather than rely on solely squash as the veggie of choice, Harvard should continue to pursue alternative—yet still sustainable—vegetables. Harvard?...
Another thing that comes across in the book is the sheer physical mechanics of producing comics back in the 1980's, before everything became computerized-literally painting in the colors, noting the codes for the different dyes on the page...
...issues. Eisenhower told his friends that Kennedy had little understanding of the presidency. But on other matters, Kennedy had "tremendously impressed him;" he described him as "one of the ablest, brightest minds I've ever come across." And Kennedy told his brother Bobby that he was struck by the sheer force of Eisenhower's personality. He admitted that Ike was "better than I had thought." On his first day in office, Kennedy made his gratitude official: "I am sure that your generous assistance has made this one of the most effective transitions in the history of our Republic." He would...
...film was a headache, a neurotic monologue whose paranoid refrains only compounded the pretensions of its obnoxiously self-conscious narrative loop. But to say that “Synecdoche, New York” revisits, or even improves, upon the more problematic aspects of that film is to overlook the sheer depth and ambition of the creative vision for which it strives. More to the point, “Synecdoche, New York” has a place in the genealogy of Kaufman’s work only insofar as it takes the personal context of those earlier films and erases them.The...
...roughshod over their prerogatives in pursuit of some greater goal - like wresting control of the House from the Republicans in 2006, a project Emanuel spearheaded. Others simply fear him. But few people who know and have dealt with Emanuel are not greatly impressed by his energy, intellect and sheer will. "It shows Obama is serious about getting things done and that he knows he doesn't have a lot of time to do it," says an Obama campaign insider. "And it shows that he realizes that he needs someone to corral the Democrats in Congress. If they're running...