Word: sharpness
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...When he was a small calf I allowed him into my house, but only with close supervision. As he grew, I curtailed his house privileges, both for his safety and that of my house. Gentle-seeming or not, an adult bison is 2,000 lbs. of wild animal and sharp horns. I caution your readers to understand that bison are not pets and should be handled only by experienced people with adequate facilities...
Harrowing stuff. But what is it for, all this looking back? No doubt, Mak's obsession with recollection is enhanced by another war raging in the Balkans in the late 1990s - a sharp retort to anyone who contends that Europe had put brutality and tribalism behind it. It was Dutch peacekeepers, after all, on whom fell the shame of Srebrenica, when they failed to prevent the massacre of 8,000 Bosnians at a U.N. safe area...
...Walsh said of Birmingham. “[His pitch count] was up there and he’s a young guy. I give the coach credit for taking him out.” Junior Steffan Wilson broke up the Quaker staff’s no-no with a sharp single to left with two outs in the eighth.Harvard managed to put the tying runs on base with two outs in the ninth inning—junior Griff Jenkins provided the squad’s second and final hit of the game to start the late rally—but captain...
...Walsh said of Birmingham. “[His pitch count] was up there and he’s a young guy. I give the coach credit for taking him out.” Junior Steffan Wilson broke up the Quaker staff’s no-no with a sharp single to left with two outs in the eighth. Harvard managed to put the tying runs on base with two outs in the ninth inning—junior Griff Jenkins provided the squad’s second and final hit of the game to start the rally—but senior...
...signaling their intent to take greater control over their own destiny. In his summit speech, Abdullah called the U.S. military involvement in Iraq an "illegitimate foreign occupation," and demanded an end to the "unjust" American-led embargo on the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Authority. All of this amounted to a sharp debunking of Rice's suggestion that Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies form a new moderate bloc to confront Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizballah. Abdullah called on his fellow leaders to restore their credibility with the Arab public and never "allow banners to be raised in Arab lands other than...