Word: odd
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...when he derided Swann as ?the rich white guy in this race.? Even though Seif seemed to be trying to paint Swann as a well-connected insider in contrast with Scranton-despite the fact that Scranton (as in the city) comes from a distinguished Pennsylvania family-it was an odd, unfortunate choice of words, since Swann, well, happens to be black...
...tickets yet, you'd better start working the phones. To the old-money types and aristocrats that once made up the bulk of the guest list, the present-day event has been diminished by the inclusion of pop singers, politicians, movie stars and even (shock, horror) the odd porn actress. A ban on smoking, instituted at the 2004 ball, has been another blow to the faithful, as has the introduction of contemporary music (nowadays you can boogie and salsa in addition to waltz). In that case, why attend? For the stunning visual spectacle, above all. Upwards of 60,000 flowers...
...sheet, which is difficult to do,” Stone said. “I was just disappointed in the last 20 minutes.”At the outset, though, Harvard seemed prepared to upset the Wildcats in their first game atop the national polls. After generating several odd-man rushes out of the UNH zone in the contest’s opening minutes, the Crimson jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on junior Liza Solley’s eighth goal of the season at the 6:58. Junior Jennifer Sifers seized the puck behind...
...tickets yet, you'd better start working the phones. To the old-money types and aristocrats that once made up the bulk of the guest list, the present-day event has been diminished by the inclusion of pop singers, politicians, movie stars and even (shock, horror) the odd porn actress. A ban on smoking, instituted at the 2004 ball, has been another blow to the faithful, as has the introduction of contemporary music (nowadays you can boogie and salsa in addition to waltz). In that case, why attend? For the stunning visual spectacle, above all. Upwards of 60,000 flowers...
...told the team back in October, so this isn’t the first meet [we’ve competed in since the announcement],” Haggerty said. “The first meet we had after the announcement, that was kind of odd. It will probably feel odd more in the later meets, like Yale and Princeton...