Word: thrust
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Often the winner of a Nobel Prize is an obscure academic, noticed by few in his community until he is thrust into the spotlight. But when photographs of John Nash appeared in the press last week, a common reaction in and around Princeton, New Jersey, was a shock of recognition: "Oh, my gosh, it's him!" Nash, who shared the Economics Prize with John Harsanyi of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and Reinhard Selten of the University of Bonn, is a familiar eccentric in the university town -- a quiet, detached man who frequently spends...
Last weekend sophomore Harry Nakielny was thrust into the starting position to replace ailing senior Brock Harvey. Nakielny performed well in his first college start, completing 10 of 17 passes for 129 yards. Nakielny will start once again this weekend...
...optimistic messages were also intended to speed Aristide's return to Haiti. The U.S. military has not figured out precisely how to protect him from his enemies without at the same time becoming Haiti's palace guard. But ready or not, the figurative baton could be thrust into Aristide's hands as early as this Saturday, when the remaining military rulers, Lieut. General Raoul Cedras and Brigadier General Philippe Biamby, have agreed to step down. Last week the Haitian parliament approved an amnesty bill that will permit Aristide to grant the generals pardons as sweeping or narrow as he chooses...
...comments that Blacks are lazy are not to be taken at face value," Clarke said. "The thrust of her argument is to emphasize that some Blacks are not using their full potential...
...thing for the faculty-administration commission's recent Report on the Structure of Harvard College--we've heard most of it before. Still, we agree with the main thrust of the report: Teaching faculty should become more involved in college life...