Word: strikingly
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Most of the candidates for president strike us as unsuited for the job. Jenn Dean '96 is a relative unknown in the council who, though she would break the recent male monopoly on the council's highest offices, would not have the experience and record necessary to be an effective leader. Former Finance Committee Chair Robert M. Hyman '98-'97 is slightly better known, but he has only served one year on the council. If he continues his productive work on the Finance Committee, he could be a good presidential candidate next year...
Feeney doesn't suffer from any of the problems we've listed so far. He does strike us as a bit too much of a politician, and we sometimes think he's involved in some old-fashioned croneyism with Coffey. All the same, his ideas and actions have been sound. He's strongly committed to direct elections of council executives and has been as active as Coffey in promoting council events. We therefore choose Feeney for president by process of elimination...
...Pope, however, has something very powerful going for him. Although his particular opinions may strike the vast majority of Americans as unrelentingly conservative, it is patently obvious that John Paul II actually believes what he says. The integrity of his faith and the purity of his conviction are beyond question...
...also pointed out that the other alternatives, such as an economic embargo or a pre-emptive strike on military facilities were no better...
...cower at the admonitions of George Steinbrenner and buy tickets. We fear for the World Series until the players strike another legal agreement. We worry about local teams moving elsewhere to bigger and better stadiums built with taxpayer consent...