Word: irregulars
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...century equivalent of the Soviet Union, requiring billions in new aircraft that even a hawkish Republican President doesn't think are needed. More critically, every dollar spent on supersonic aircraft is a dollar that isn't spent on the kind of troops and materiel needed to wage the two irregular wars the nation is now fighting, and which many experts predict will be the kinds of wars fought for the next generation...
Adding a new wing to a neoclassical museum, Holl devised a spectacular update on classicism: an irregular series of volumes that cascade down the museum's lawn and glow from within. The effect against the nighttime sky is nothing short of magical...
...alcohol in the city, you’ll have no more rodents,” Bercaw said at a council meeting in February. Rats may have an opponent in being the dominant public nuisance issue of the campaign: leaf blowers. “Their particular pitch—irregular and whiny—is particularly irritating,” said city resident Cynthia Kennedy Sam in a representative attack on leaf blowers. “They harm our lungs and cause cancer and premature death.” Though some candidates, like challenger Sam Seidel, have said they would consider...
Harvard students are notoriously clean, well groomed, and virtuous. First-years at the College are known particularly for their chaste habits and healthy lifestyles. Failing to do laundry every week? Unheard of. Irregular bathing schedules? Absurd. Engaging in sexual contact with another resident of your dormitory, especially in Pennypacker? Surely you jest! But alas, while we all slept innocently in our narrow beds, thinking of nothing but course packs and profound questions to ask during section, scabies crept into our lives (for some quite literally—the mite Sarcoptes scabiei tunnels into the skin of humans). Two Saturdays...
...compounds and compounds,” Rhoads said, adding, “Given all this, we did quite a good job.” According to Rhoads, pin position on the Yale course was especially troublesome. Standout holes included the ninth, a unique par-3 with a very long irregular 63-yard green and an uphill par-4 10th with a sloped green. Memorable moments yesterday included a nearly impossible up-and-down by Harvey on the make-or-break par-3 15th coming off a birdie on the 14th that “held together what turned...