Word: unkempt
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Sallow and sharp-featured, his unkempt hair a veil that flops down to hide the anguished confusion that haunts his eyes, Lynch's Cal is superficially a Belfast archetype. He is an unemployed adolescent from a broken home, trying to draw a curtain of rock music between himself and the terror-ridden streets, where glibly impassioned rhetoric is punctuated by the sound of explosions. Still, there is time on his hands and an emotional need to fill, so he drifts, convictionless, into the I.R.A.'s orbit, driving getaway cars for their "revolutionary" crimes. One of these forays results...
...Fort McPherson, Ga., reported that the response to the current B.D.U., introduced in 1981, was "universally unfavorable." That was putting it mildly. During last October's Grenada invasion, Marines temporarily equipped with the B.D.U. instead of the appropriate tropical gear complained that the fabric was heavy, sweaty and unkempt. Even soldiers in cooler climes agreed. Once wet, the uniform takes an excessive time to dry. The sleeves are too narrow to roll up easily, the collar too wide and the pants pockets hard to reach. Seams unravel, buttons fall off. The trousers come with a reinforced crotch that strengthens...
Called to Harvard because of the recent rash of sickness at Winthrop House. Sanitary Inspector Peter F Connolly this week reported six violations, including unkempt employees bathrooms and "blistering and flacking" ceilings in the central kitchen tunnels...
...thereof--has a lot to do with the question marks. He too came from oblivion this summer. But instead of rising as Headlee did on the basis of a mesmerizing brand of politics, the four-term state congressman rode the wave of carefully arranged labor and business endorsements. Slightly unkempt and a failed public speaker, Blanchard is a 40-year-old throwback to Democrats of the past. With a crucial role in the federal government's Chrysler bailout as the single feather in his cap, Blanchard has promised massive public works projects, '60-style...
...that awkward, gangly girl with unkempt hair and a belligerent expression represents the new ideal, I say phooey...