Word: soured
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...Harvard and beyond.” But to those who say that we aren’t integrated enough into the community, I point to a “real” university town—Oxford, England—as an example of how town-gown relations can sour when students are too tightly woven into the community fabric.The so-called “Battle of St. Scholastica’s Day” occurred after rising tensions between townsfolk and Oxford University students—tensions attributed to students being governed by the University and not the town...
...Holsey was doing her part, averaging 15 minutes per game in early action, and even saw significant floor time in a 79-76 stunner of Syracuse, her first collegiate game. She drained two three-pointers and finished with nine points. Her season, and her budding career, soon went sour. Against Yale, she dislocated her shoulder, the first of four such instances that would ruin her freshman and sophomore years. It was the first time she had been sidelined by even a minor injury.“Four dislocations in two years really, really changed her game,” Delaney...
...both financially and in terms of organizational legitimacy, was left powerless and penniless. When these channels of communication break down or don’t exist in the first place, those responsible for handling oversights are left no ability to fulfill that responsibility. In all, the process left a sour taste in the mouths of everyone involved, but if it takes a failure of this magnitude to spark debate on the future of the HCC, then perhaps all is not lost.In future dealings with the HCC, we need greater transparency regarding artist selection, more complete disclosure of financial information...
...said. “We’ll just have to see where things are going.” Many Yale students say they plan to abide by the rules. “Once we heard about the regulations, we didn’t want to do anything to sour relations with our [college] master, who has been very accommodating and helpful as we’ve thrown parties throughout the semester,” said Max R. Engel, another member of the “Sextet.” Others are more skeptical about whether students will be able...
...probably love Spitz's book. He marshals a staggering mass of research in support of the conclusion, broadly speaking, that Lennon was a drug-addled, attention-hungry rageoholic who picked fights and cheated on his wife; Paul McCartney was a smarmy, manipulative charmer; and George Harrison was dour and sour. Before you lose faith entirely, it turns out Ringo really was just a lovable goofball...