Word: shrilled
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...might hope then that universities, particularly Harvard, would be places where facts could be exchanged for empty rhetoric and shrill insults. Unfortunately, my four years here have indicated otherwise. Too many Harvard debates have devolved into the same pointless and destructive mudslinging that is all too common in Washington...
...checks itself at Johnston gate. If legacy status gave you leg up in the admissions process, no one asks you about it once you’re here. Overt social elitism would be as shocking as racism, and condemned as such. Even some final clubs shield themselves from the shrill accusation of “classism” by waiving dues for cash-strapped members...
...former work, and makes the listener forget that these guys are no longer grunge rockers but rather a bunch of middle-aged dudes. The six-minute, 32-second song is laced with a variety of different guitar motifs for the first two-thirds or so, smoothly transitioning from shrill cries to fast, distorted licks, and finally to a much heavier plunking. The last minutes of the song are all guitar noodling, accompanied by throbbing drums and a simple, fuzzy backing guitar. The solo sings out beautifully, fluctuating between leisurely slides and quick hammers. “It?...
...babies (with the help of beautiful head-puppets from set designer Janie E. Howland), as well as a loyal house dog. Unfortunately, her warm and approachable acting style doesn’t do well on Durang’s twisted humor, and her performance comes out shallow, gimmicky, and shrill...
...audiences: the one he or she is addressing and the one that will eventually read the blogs or see the viral video. A few have adapted, like Stephen Colbert, whose routine at last year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner was decried by attendees as rude and shrill - but made him a hero to his YouTube audience. Imus, a 30-plus-year veteran of radio shock, seemed to underestimate the power of the modern umbrage-amplification machine. The day after his remarks, Imus said dismissively on air that people needed to relax about "some idiot comment meant to be amusing...