Word: straightener
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...conversations last for a good five minutes, until the pleasant banter gives way to the introduction of a serious topic, be it politics, education, sex or money—but it’s usually politics. At this point my friend’s posture will straighten, his face will harden, and his voice will drop several pitches. As he begins to outline his points like essay paragraphs—the in-depth history, logic and economics behind the minimum wage—I shrink back and begin to tune out. In my mind, arguments only lead...
This is a tricky business. The articles explore ways to straighten or subtly change the width of an African-American patient's nose while still allowing for a slight flaring of the nostrils. They explain how Asian eyes, which tend to lift slightly higher in the corner than do Caucasian eyes, often look tired or old beyond their years when that corner drops down with time. These patients want to look younger, but they aren't interested in having their ethnicity erased with a standard eye lift...
...John was quite upset about the way the faculty was behaving. I remember him saying to me once in the Faculty Club, ‘Either I’m going to leave this place or I’m going to…try and straighten...
...There are a number of possible reasons why the administration is suddenly concerned to straighten out its story on the implied connection between Saddam and 9/11. It may be simply that administration officials were being asked the question by journalists following the second anniversary of the attacks, and they were simply repeating their position for the record. But there was clearly some concern to back away even from the position articulated by Cheney, who appeared to suggest that it was still an open question. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz had, in remarks on this year's 9/11 anniversary, reemphasized...
...Harvard’s success will lie in how well it manages to address its biggest weakness in five days of practice. And if the team does straighten out its start, it can book a plane ticket to Detroit...