Word: zens
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...trail in Florida, he seemed so serene, so resigned, so Zen. He never appeared desperate for victory or eager to throttle someone. He stayed positive, declaring himself "sick and tired of all this name-calling." Prozac Rudy never acted as if his heart were in the race. Even as he floundered, he kept smiling. "We've been campaigning in Florida so long, I really feel like I'm one of you," he said...
...small kids and a low BMI. His voice rumbles with authority, but his ears stick out like Opie Taylor's. His campaign is crawling with cool young people, and the candidate fits right in. We've yet to see Obama flustered or harried; instead, he gives off the enigmatic Zen confidence of the guy who is picked first for every game...
...trail, he seemed so serene, so resigned, so Zen. He played up his 9/11 heroism, and portrayed himself an international ass-kicker, but he never really looked like he wanted to throttle anyone. He didn't sound vengeful or bitter or power-starved; he talked about "returning power to you!" Who would have thought Rudy would be the gentleman reminding voters that he's run a positive campaign, declaring that he's "sick and tired of all the name-calling...
...dialogue between the two main characters, apparently you have to listen to the lyrics of a psychedelic 1968 song called In Held 'Twas in I: Glimpses of Nirvana. This is the song that made Stallone want to be a writer, which is surprising because while it contains one Zen koan and mentions the Dalai Lama three times, it does not allude to firing a rocket launcher through a helicopter window...
...says Yuting P. Chiang ’10, co-chair of the Asian American Association (AAA) education-politics committee. Student advocacy for Asian American studies has waxed and waned within the AAA as new leaders joined the campaign and then grew frustrated by their lack of success, said Phoebe Zen ’08, the other co-chair of the committee. Student activists say the continuing failure of their campaigns is a result of Harvard’s academically conservative culture. “In the eyes of Harvard, the oldest institution in the country, Asian American studies hasn?...