Word: tenderize
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...Being a conservative in college can be tough, and the absurdity of what HRC President Caleb L. Weatherl ’10 dubs the “typical liberal groupthink that dominates most college campuses” can make otherwise apathetic right-wingers care, further fostering a tender camaraderie among conservative students and faculty alike. This is a natural impulse, of course—when we feel as if something we stand for is under attack, we naturally perk up in its defense. That the Dems were not interested in upholding Rove’s right to speak...
...note, then, that neither “Californication” nor “Weeds” is written in one of these veins—and that each is still finding success. 2006 found Mary-Louise Parker awarded with a Golden Globe for her funny, tender portrayal of a widowed mother driven to a life of Ziploc bags and gram scales in order to maintain her upper-middle-class status on “Weeds.” Her show has fast become Showtime’s most-watched comedy, according to Nielsen Media Research, with a 19% increase...
...childhood. She was born in England in 1935 and grew up poor. When she was 4, her mother, a pianist, took up with a handsome vaudeville tenor who later became an alcoholic and at one point forced a creepy, toe-curling kiss on her. Meanwhile, Andrews' real father, a tender and saintly man, turned out not to be her "real" father at all: when she was 14, her mother bluntly informed her that she had been conceived in a one-time liaison with an acquaintance...
They've been in office just 14 months - about as long as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been running for President - but it's possible that the fate of the Democratic Party may just lie in their tender hands. They are the members of the 2006 freshman class on Capitol Hill, and they make up roughly a third of the 91 congressional superdelegates who have yet to pick sides in the high-stakes race between the two candidates for the presidential nomination...
Ever since the Euro was rolled out in 2002, champions of the currency have worked long and hard to establish the tender as a serious, strong rival to the dollar. Now many of those euro enthusiasts are growing nostalgic for the money's runtier days. Because with the dollar falling to a new record low of $1.5624 during trading Thursday, many European economists and business leaders are worried about how they'll ever be able to sell their products to customers who use dollars. The Euro sign has become an alarm for "expensive...