Word: upstart
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Irving called Lipstadt an “upstart young professor,” and criticized the scholars who signed the petition for engaging in censorship and submitting to departmental peer pressure...
...scandals go, a D-list Bollywood actor caught propositioning an unknown undercover reporter from an equally unknown TV channel isn't exactly Monica Lewinsky. Nevertheless, India was agog last week when upstart channel India TV broke what quickly became known as the "casting-couch scandal." In a Bombay hotel room rigged with hidden cameras, has-been screen villain Shakti Kapoor told what he thought was an aspiring young actress: "I want to make love to you. And if you want to come in this line [of business], you have to do what I am telling [you] to do." Kapoor then...
...back, taking requests from the customers and showing off his scratching skills. A few local rappers wandered in and out, rifling through the record displays and talking to the four hip hop aficionados who run the place. Jesse Christopher, the loud-mouthed head of marketing for the upstart record shop, remained upbeat, placing calls to his friends in the Boston hip hop scene, inviting them to come down and try their hand at the mic. Anthony Bushu, the “mad mellow” store manager, hung back behind the counter with a Heineken and watched over the scene...
He’d worked there for almost a decade, first as chief economist at the World Bank and eventually as Bill Clinton’s Treasury Secretary. In that time, Summers had earned a reputation as a politically careless upstart who frequently overstepped his bounds and landed on a lot of toes in the process. His untucked shirts and mismatched socks cast him as something of a Washington outlaw who wasn’t afraid to question his superiors or stir up a little controversy. Early in his political career, Summers had been hailed as a proud wunderkind with...
Jack shows up and I tipsily berate him for leaving me alone in this wasteland of dirty warehouses. (Lucky the Peterborough kid was there.) Jack’s writing for an upstart magazine. I’m there under the pretense of writing for someone or something. I have no plan to do so. I just wanted the ticket...