Word: verbale
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...Some of my best friends are consultants. They tend to be the most entertaining people in the political community: eccentric, fanatic, creative, violently verbal and deeply hilarious-the sort of people who sat in the back of the room in high school and shot spitballs at the future politicians sitting up front. But their impact on politics has been perverse. Rather than make the game more interesting, they have drained a good deal of the life from our democracy. They have become specialists in caution, literal reactionaries-they react to the results of their polling and focus groups; they fear...
...stop goes awry, “Fishscale” is a work of unabashed, unsentimental love, and a complex and fully formed work of art. Ghostface raps on “The Champ” that “this is architect music / I’m a verbal street opera.” Well said...
Upon arrival, the officers issued verbal commands to Duque to stop his behavior. Duque did not respond, initiating a struggle that turned violent. He admitted at the time that he was under the influence of drugs...
...added that after being unable to get inside, the student ran back to the officers, who continued to “issue verbal commands for him to stop...
...didn’t meet his expectations.After unofficial living accommodations were made for him in one of the upperclass Houses, he decided to move off-campus and join an unknown number of transgendered students who remain virtually invisible to students.All of his transgendered friends have experienced at least verbal abuse because of their gender identities. But it’s not the harsh words that get to him. It’s the fact that Harvard doesn’t provide institutional protection for people like him.Because of this, Eric hasn’t “transitioned?...