Word: strained
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...grill Hillary Clinton or Bob Dole (so assertively that his wife had to step in and protest), probe delicate emotions with the Columbine families or Elizabeth Smart's parents, giggle excitedly with the dumbest Hollywood star and ogle the hot handbags for spring--all without a hint of strain. Her interviews on Today (the top-rated TV morning show for the past nine years) often set the news agenda for the day, and her hairstyles get picked apart over the water cooler. The unique bond she has with viewers made her campaign against colon cancer an unprecedented success. One look...
...from that course and from other VES offerings were varied and useful; even when I disagreed with them, my disagreements helped me to refine my own perspective as an audience member and as a critic. And during my limited time among VES students, I never really perceived a catastrophic strain of elitism in them. But if they’re as high-falutin’ as you say they are, let’s lock them in an auditorium and force them to watch Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests over and over for a week. After an ordeal...
...strain is consistent with Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby’s cautioning about the College budget. In his 2003 Annual Letter, Kirby warned of impending belt-tightening...
...small salary increase is consistent with this year’s uncharacteristically low endowment payout, and the ongoing staffing reductions across the University. Given this grim context, salary negotiations for faculty may operate under the shadow of financial strain for the next several years, according to Mendelsohn...
Lindsley Professor of Psychology and Head Tutor Stephen M. Kosslyn says that in his opinion, linking first-years to the Houses “would put a little more strain on [advising]. But the Houses have got three-quarters of the students already, so adding another quarter on top of that wouldn’t crush the system. A problem is that freshman year, you might want to be advised by more than one concentration, so it might turn out to be a very inefficient use of resources...