Word: thin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the Fordham passing attack cooking, the Harvard defense was spread too thin to contain Lundy, who ran for 70 yards on 17 carries in the second half...
...lunch. It gave guests the opportunity to buy a shahtoosh, a shawl that justifies its name, "King of Wool," by reputedly being both light enough to pass through a wedding ring and warm enough to hatch a pigeon's egg. "Shahtooshes are so utterly tightly woven of this wonderful, thin wool," enthuses Kempner. "We started wearing them when people were harassed about wearing...
...Maureen Dowd and George Will have both published attacks on the book. There's a rule of life: Never, never never do anything original or inventive in front of people with red hair and thin lips. They always react violently...
Glassman and Hassett are a different breed. They predict that the Dow will go to 36,000 in short order, gaining something like 35% a year for the next four years. Now there's a thin bough. They believe investors are revaluing stocks to a permanently higher plateau. It's a fun argument but boils down to familiar ground: diversified portfolios are superior and safe if held for long periods. A growing awareness of that idea is bringing more investors into the market at ever higher prices, inflating the average stock's price-to-earnings multiple from...
...anti-politician. It only takes a couple of Jesse Venturas bashing organized religion to remind us why we've been electing those loathsome politicians to office all these years in the first place. And as columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. '73 wrote yesterday, Ventura's act is already wearing thin. By the time Ventura-style brashness no longer seems like such a smart political move, will it be too late for Bush to change gears and start acting like a grown...