Word: sharpness
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...closure (proceedings were temporarily halted). With no single party likely to secure a majority (about 4,000 candidates from dozens of parties are vying for the 480 parliamentary places), Thailand's first postcoup government might look much like those of the pre-Thaksin past: a shaky coalition with another sharp-toothed monster, the Thai military, breathing down its neck...
...still got that bittersweet humor and is sharp as a razor," says Stewart, who co-wrote and co-produced Ringo's forthcoming solo album. Called Liverpool 8, after the postal code of the neighborhood where Ringo grew up, its title track chronicles his escape from the city in jaunty couplets ("I always followed my heart/ But I never missed a beat...
...Europe. This semester, students studying abroad have watched the dollar’s tumbling value in dismay, as it jacks up the cost of their time abroad. When David H. Garcia ’09 arrived in Paris this September, he didn’t expect the sharp difference in prices. “There was definitely a [price] sticker shock,” he said. “I was not totally prepared.” In the past year, the dollar has fallen by 5 percent against the pound and 10 percent against the euro, hitting record lows...
...match at 184 lbs.—one of only three wins for the Crimson. “It’s hard to galvanize your team after three tough bouts [to begin the day].” “We didn’t look very sharp,” Weiss said. “I don’t think we came out fighting, even though they did have three ranked guys in the lightweights.” Sophomore J.P. O’Connor, ranked third in the nation at 149 lbs., put a stop to Harvard?...
...Doris Lessing Cleft sentence, cleft palate, cleft chin, or the Cleft of Venus? The big, black, water-colored bird doesn’t help with the ambiguity. However, what it does suggest is a topical treatment of an ominous, dark, and tenuous subject. Wings outstretched and beak ever so sharp, the dark bird is fierce and threatening. Yet the blotches of water soften the animal’s shape and remind us that this is, alas, a work of fiction. Nobel laureate Doris Lessing’s name is megalomaniacally scrawled in regal yellow in the center of the cover...