Word: raring
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Slovenly speech comes off the same spool. Vocabulary, like blue jeans, is being drained of color and distinction. A complete sentence in everyday speech $ is as rare as a man's tie in the swank Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel. People communicate in chopped-up phrases, relying on grunts and chants of "you know" or "I mean" to cover up a damnable incoherence. Neatness should be no less important in language than it is in dress. But spew and sprawl are taking over. The English language is one of the greatest sources of wealth in the world...
Trouillot must also navigate her way through the demands and desires of some 20 political parties. In a rare demonstration of unity, opposition leaders banded together in the so-called Group of 12 to press for Avril's ouster and select the new President. But that unity is expected to crumble as soon as campaigning begins. Until the election, Trouillot must govern in tandem with a 19-member Council of State, composed of representatives from social groups and geographic regions. The panel has veto power over presidential decisions -- and that alone could stymie progress toward elections...
...rehearsals, who hasn't put in any time, who can sit comfortably in a chair, scribbling away, and who, with a few sneering phrases, can choose to mock and malign everything that took two months to build. No wonder you hate the critic, even the genuinely insightful critic (a rare bird, anyway...
...agents have recovered an estimated $10 million to $20 million in rare books and manuscripts, allegedly stolen from university libraries and rare book collectors," said Larry Holmquist, spokesperson for the Omaha, Neb. office...
Dowler said the University moves most rare and expensive books from Widener Library to Houghton Library. Tighter security precautions at Houghton mean that there is less risk of theft, he said. Unlike most other libraries, Houghton rules do not allow public access to the stacks and require that books stay in the reading room...