Word: stingingly
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...aspect of the characters, however, is summed up in the story of the scorpion and the frog, which Arkadin tells. A scorpion convinces a frog to take him across a river, because if the scorpion stings the frog, they will both die. In the midst of their journey, the frog feels the sting and says, “Why? This is illogical. We will both die.” The scorpion responds, “I can’t help it. It is my character.” This anecdote foreshadows the plot of the movie while making...
...fear and hypothermia. One former UC presidential candidate was seen scuba diving at the bottom of the pool, presumably for safety—not voyeuristic—purposes. Later that night, at the Phoenix’s Back to Mykonos, the DJ spun a wicked techno remix of Sting & the Police’s “Message in a Bottle.” An anonymous sophomore girl described the party as “bizzleboring,” but hey, it beats Stein Club. FRIDAY Despite an enjoyable cover band and all the free chicken wings you could...
There were heroes aplenty on the bloody battlefields of 1952, but their heroism served only to give a sharper sting to the frustration that already lay on the world...
With a grand jury now expected to convene Monday to weigh indictments of two or three of the Duke lacrosse players tied to allegations of raping an exotic dancer, defense lawyers say they fear their clients are being targeted in a setup or sting operation possibly perpetrated by law enforcement. The lawyers have advised the players not to trust or respond to any e-mails sent to each other, one attorney tells Time...
Awkwardness is democratic; it does not discriminate. Whether you’re the captain of the Crew team or the president of the Chemistry Club, waving back to someone who actually wasn’t waving at you is still going to sting. But it is simply our eagerness to over-think our actions and over-diagnose our weaknesses that makes “awkward” the mantra du jour of Harvard students...