Word: winks
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...Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), says that, “There will always be well-meaning individuals who want to help, and if it can be provided safely, that is welcome.” Because of legal liability, Harvard cannot give an official wink and nudge to students to flout the rules. But there is certainly no punishment for helping a disabled friend. The official Harvard policy—and the official policy at most other institutions—is an issue of safety. Russell points out that the instructions “discourage...
...joyful vengeance. But it is not just that U2 is on the side of the angels. It has given a new charter and a fresh voice to conscience. "A sense of humor is something I value," Bono says, "but we don't play rock 'n' roll with a wink." Without sermonizing, they have become a rallying point for a new and youthful idealism. After Live Aid and Farm Aid and after the Amnesty tour, after heated and heartfelt music from Jackson Browne and Little Steven, it is no longer corny or uncool to be concerned, to get involved. And especially...
...youthful gorgeousness--Foxilicious enough. Laurie arrived on the lot in the spring of 2004 for his final auditions wielding an umbrella as a stand-in cane and wearing a button that said SEXY, given to him by his daughter. At the time, he wore the pin with a wink. "I didn't know House was the lead," Laurie says. "At one point Singer said, 'You do realize this show is kind of about House?'" Now that House has been nominated for five Emmys and Laurie has appeared on the cover of TV Guide as TV'S SEXIEST MAN, the button...
...Meanwhile, Dumbledore and Harry, with the help of that always handy expository aid the Pensieve, are poring over the details of Voldemort's early backstory for clues to his intentions. Oh, and somebody's trying to kill Hogwarts students. As Hagrid puts it, with the barest trace of a wink, "Chamber o' Secrets all over again...
...their own part." Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said U.S. officials were looking the other way when arms deals skirted the edge of the law. Said he: "If Americans are led to go into Nicaragua, either directly or indirectly, either by a wink or shrug, or by somehow being given the idea they have tacit approval, then we have very real problems...