Word: upset
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...help for Bob Bennett and All the President's Lawyers; the President doesn't hit on women, the argument will go, he just comforts them in distress, and they may misunderstand or exaggerate that gesture. In fact, says a source close to Clinton, it was the President who was upset by the whole Willey affair. She and her husband Edward, a lawyer, were longtime supporters who had run into serious trouble: Edward was accused of embezzling nearly $300,000 from clients. Penniless and publicly humiliated, Willey came to see Clinton, weeping and distraught, and he felt her pain, the source...
...rich conquest. Stocks were down, and oil prices had briefly doubled to $40 per bbl. There was a lot to fight for. This time around, stocks are high and oil is low. The economy is on a historic roll. And Saddam isn't strong enough to upset any of that greatly; he is merely being defiant. Where is the market's upside...
...measure of failure could upset the markets. For example, today's benign inflation and low interest rates are partly the result of cheap oil prices. And Wall Street expects that a defeated Iraq would be allowed to flood the world with oil to raise money to rebuild, which is one reason the price of crude has slumped since October from $23 to $16 per bbl. But would Iraq be treated with such kindness if an allied mission were unsuccessful? Doubtful. Such an outcome could reverse psychology in the oil market and send prices higher, stoking inflation and squeezing stocks...
While Senior Weekend will undoubtedly bring added emotion to the Harvard hardwood, the Crimson will have other motivating factors as well. Two weeks ago Princeton used a stifling perimeter defense to snap Harvard's record-long 32-game Ivy winning streak with a 56-53 upset at Jadwin...
Bells are not the issue. Some people just don't like bells, and this does not upset me in the slightest. What does upset me is the vapid, parochial attitude the quoted comments illuminate and the kind of self-absorbed, self-preoccupied refutation of community and the communal experience they reflect. We treasure chain-link over bronze because we treasure ourselves over others. It is this underlying stripe of self-centeredness and introversion which taints our society (never mind our university) and keeps us physically and socially immured. CHRISTOPHER...