Word: unkempt
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...wore a gray suit and had an unkempt beard. He said his kidnappers had broken his hearing aid when he was seized in a west Beirut street May 7 and he could not hear well...
...think that he is shirking. They want to fire him, says Mallory. But they won't get away with it. "Look at this." He produces an official letter of complaint from his employers, several pages of grievances, ranging from laziness to insubordination to petty thievery to poor hygiene and unkempt appearance. "They think they'll throw me out, but I've got a union lawyer...
Finley said that Kirkland, who served as president from 1810-28, commissioned architect Charles Bulfinch to build University Hall in the Federalist, neoclassical style. According to "Three Centuries of Harvard," a college history book by Samuel Eliot Morison, Kirkland called the Yard an "unkempt sheep commons," and completed other improvement projects including the construction of Holworthy Hall...
...have unfortunately passed their poor behavior on to their offspring. Young people today think that "Thank you," "You are welcome" and "Excuse me" are subserviences to be avoided. This samS syndrome is reflected in current advertising models. The sweet-and-lovely look is out; the tough-hooker pose with unkempt hair and sloppy clothes...
Helen Mirren and John Lynch play their roles with a great deal of sensitivity. Mirren is attractively demure, suitably drained of spirit, and reluctant to connect with the people about her. Lynch's pale, emaciated body, his sallow face with long unkempt hair, and his silent dejected look combine to create a continual haunting presence. Donal McCann, as Cal's father, contributes to the most moving moments in the film (those scenes between father and son that intersperse and intensify the story...