Word: stiff
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Markel's piece calls for an end to "stiff formality" between professors and students and uses the fact that the enlisted men of the Israeli Defense Forces are on a first-name basis with their superiors as an example of the advantages of the "egalitarian spirit." The comparison, while somewhat funny, is inherently absurd and indeed inappropriate. The Israeli Defense Forces are a military organization. They probably want to build a sense of comaraderie in their ranks because they just might all die together in the defense of their nation. However, death by a sniper's bullet isn't something...
Clinton's demeanor on Thursday was a bit stiff, perhaps because those first nominees (save Altman) represented a generation older than his own. How different his mood on Friday, when he was surrounded by appointees whom he genuinely enjoys and who fit his vow of "a new generation of leaders." Harvard political economist Robert Reich, a Rhodes scholar with Clinton, will be Secretary of Labor. Health and Human Services went to Donna Shalala, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin and a friend of Hillary Clinton's. Another woman becomes chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers: Laura D'Andrea Tyson...
...good. Then I clambered up the steps of Widener. The library proved a much greater challenge. True, finding a book in the stacks requires no verbal communication. But the check-out process often does, especially when your book--stiff yellowed pages and a ragged binding--has no barcode...
Harvard (2-4-0 overall, 1-2-0 ECAC) began this season against stiff competition and, as a result, has suffered some tough losses...
Harvard University and all off-campus student organizations must submit recycling plans to the city by the new year or face stiff fines...