Word: sharp
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Dougenik's nonchalance comes in sharp contrast to the upheaval experienced by staff in Eliot and Kirkland Houses as they dealt with a similar remodeling project a year ago. Workers there said mechanical failures, increased physical labor and adjusting to an entirely new workspace were taking their toll on staff morale and sanity...
...idea brewing inside the White House was to try to craft a "de-escalation strategy" that could walk both sides back to the point where they could at least talk peace. That was a tall order, given that the Ramallah murders and Israel's sharp retaliation were only the pinnacle of a fortnight of astonishments and new lows. On Oct. 7 a Palestinian mob demolished Joseph's Tomb, a Jewish holy place within the West Bank city of Nablus, after besieged Israeli troops withdrew from the site with assurances that Arafat's gendarmes would protect...
...appeal of "West Wing" goes far beyond an exploration of the nitty-gritty details of White House life. For one thing, the dialogue--courtesy of Aaron Sorkin, who brought us A Few Good Men and the critically acclaimed but short-lived "Sports Night"--is witty, sharp and delivered at a pace so dizzyingly fast that the viewers ride the crest of an adrenaline high from the first strains of the opening music to when the credits roll. The lines are delivered by a superb ensemble cast, who interact with each other so flawlessly that one is reminded of the glory...
...their children." To appease her relatives, she dragged Umair to religious sites and forced him to drink "holy water." She fears that as Umair gets older, he will be taken to a pagal khana (mad house) where, she says, he would spend his days in a cage. In sharp contrast, in Chicago her son benefits from classes with a 1:1 student-teacher ratio at New Horizon Center, a private school that receives public funding. Average cost per student: between...
...vault also contained several sharp images of both Widener and Gore Hall, the University's library in the nineteenth century, which one conservator said may prove useful during the renovations...