Word: graceless
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Because he was grudging and graceless, because he was not utterly candid and unsparing, because he kept alive old questions and gave life to new ones, because he was his worst self, Bill Clinton did not end this story. He left his friends what they so often are, embarrassed, and his enemies emboldened. He did not rob the engine of its steam. He did the one thing he absolutely could not afford to do: he stoked the fire...
...what about Currier?, you may ask. No gracious red brick exterior, no view even of the Quad. The plainest and most charmless of the Quad houses? The most graceless of all the Harvard houses? Well, yes, if you're passionately attached to the image of ivy-covered brick (and centipedes), white moldings, fireplaces and winding stairs. What Currier has instead: a cozy, bright, immaculate look (it's even cleaner than Pforzheimer); cheerful carpeting and comfortable chairs and sofas tucked in every nook and corner of the house; the most pleasant dining hall on campus, always sociable but never noisy, completed...
...ritual with its implicit boosterism ("Who do we appreciate--Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!") is "awful." In fairness, though, he could have mentioned some of the Tridentine excrescences that led to the Second Vatican Council's reforms: hymns of stunning vapidity and priests muttering their way through Low Mass with the graceless speed of tobacco auctioneers...
...extended exploration of ideas considered too trite or irrelevant for our learned discourse: that the honors for which we sell our souls are Faustian purchases, that the study carrels in which we spend January and May are lonelier than coffins, that the competitiveness here is a posture whose graceless stiffness no conversation with a tutor could soften. We have all become hunchbacks before our time and we have only ourselves and each other to blame for the burden, but that does not make it any less real. We know these things, we know that Harvard is sick...
...forgive the graceless and oppressive flourescent lighting and the inexplicable psychedelic pixel boards--which flash subliminal and blatant fascist over-tones, convincing us of what a good time we're having--the renovated Memorial Hall basement is first-rate. The well-designed pine-stained study nooks ensure students a high degree of privacy, while the open areas--the Jetsonesque Coffee House and restaurants--are great places to mix and mingle with fellow students, hold informal meetings and grab a quick bite to eat. Loker Commons seems to be the type of ideal place that might serve as a social center...