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...article in the New York Review of Books, Garry Wills marvels at the fury directed at Bill Clinton these days, and wonders what it is that makes so many people so mad: "The amount of sheer personal meanness is staggering, even to the casual bystander," writes Wills. But Wills, who is a sympathetic bystander, seems to know where Clinton's trouble lies: "Clinton is an omnidirectional placater. He wants to satisfy everyone, which is a surefire way of satisfying...
Still, the vote is intriguing for two reasons: first, because it represents a flip-flop from the club's position of late last year, when members voted to begin admitting women this fall; and second, because of the sheer stupidity of Carlock's subsequent statements...
...addition to these conclusions about fiscal responsibility, the whole matter also gives rise to a few questions. First, there is the issue of sheer stupidity...
Score that two for two. The sheer volume of the chances Harvard created overpowered the overmatched Big Red by a 2-0 tally, sophomores Kevin Silva and T.J. Carella scoring the goals...
...sheer coincidence that the fun stuff happened months and miles away from most students' prying eyes...