Word: sheerness
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...they all can’t be right. The sheer number of diametrically opposed morals that columnists drew from Summers’ resignation means that some were actually trying to understand the political situation at Harvard, and some were merely writing on a deadline...
...sheer buzz alone, new media are showing some promising results. After ABC's hits Lost and Desperate Housewives were downloaded on iTunes, their Nielsen ratings went up 17% and 18%, respectively. And although hard figures aren't available, NBC executives credit iTunes with helping The Office become a bona fide hit. (Switching it from Tuesday to Thursday night might have helped...
...Service Programs, Fred Berman, said that the street census does not cover every street in Cambridge, but includes roughly the same route from year to year, adjusted based on where officials expect to find unsheltered homeless individuals.Berman noted that factors like the weather and the route, as well as sheer chance, make the census an unreliable measure of the true homeless population. “The count is highly dependent on conditions. Had we done the census two nights before, there would have been more people,” Berman explained. “But since there was snow...
...sheer number and severity of Africa's ills puts bird flu in perspective. Medical resources in Africa are cruelly finite?death tolls rise and fall according to how well those resources are allocated. Africa has no shortage of candidates to compete for triage: an estimated 6,600 Africans die of AIDS every day, 3,000 die of malaria, 24,000 of hunger and poverty. As long as bird flu primarily remains a threat to birds, it just doesn't compare with these everyday scourges. Even South Africa, the nation best equipped to respond to bird flu, faces...
...kicked out of a hockey game for wrestling the mascot on the ice, and had sex with a girl with a colostomy bag. To be fair, these tales of debauchery lead the reader into a Catch-22. On the one hand, Tucker’s inherent narcissism and sheer sexual success should arouse suspicion, followed by jealousy and self-loathing. On the other hand, he pulls undeniable power moves like copulating with a Target employee after picking her up during a mesh shorts purchase. Even if you’re categorically opposed to any writing that includes a hierarchy...