Word: utterness
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Summers said that the Baccalaureate Service derived from an over 600-year-old custom at Cambridge University, in which graduates were forced to sit through the ceremony with, “bowed head over which...hood was drawn, a picture of abject humility and utter embarrassment...
...condemn. But it's just one more example of a retro-inertia that seems to have gripped Haiti's new ruling establishment. As he was being fingerprinted last month, Chamblain declared that he turned himself in because "I have decided to give Haiti a chance." After 200 years of utter failure, Haiti needs a chance to free itself of medieval governance. But can it get one if men like Chamblain don't face real justice...
...severity of scenery was complemented by the utter absence of color in costume, representative of puritan conservativeness of course. The shirts seemed to be color coded with the judges in white, the Putnams in green (for envy perhaps), Abigail Williams in red (think red lights) and the jail officials in blue. The strength of the acting, however, requires no decoration and no color to draw the audience...
...problems brought by the war utter the same summons to all of us. This are is one of the crises of history. Future generations will see its importance more clearly than we do. A certain measured peace has been obtained. Now we must attain spiritual peace in the world. The problems resulting from the war are so vast, so intricate as to well nigh stagger the civilization which has to cope with them...
...other weekly interest started several months ago when Adam Mesh suffered utter humiliation at the hands of his studlier counterpart in the first edition of “Average Joe.” When I heard he returned to redeem himself, naturally I became hooked. Compared to “The Apprentice,” the concept is a little more blatant: A beautiful woman endures several weeks at the hands of a select group of unattractive men who are then removed with great haste upon the introduction of a smaller unit of pedigree gents. Luckily for Adam, this time...