Word: sheepish
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...announced your tyrannical decision to abolish our party grants. First off, you forgot about your noble position as Interim Dean of the College! Why sell yourself short? Most temporary administrators would not be so bold as to terminate a longstanding facet of undergraduate life. Derek Bok was far too sheepish to get up in students’ proverbial grills, but not you. I guess he didn’t have your strong record as a museum curator. I know it was probably shocking to you to discover that there are some college parties where “the focus...
...same tendency in Europe. In Belgium we held federal elections one month ago. People expect that many of our new government's actions will improve social security and employment. I wonder whether this widespread pessimism is really justified. Globally, public opinion is becoming more moderate, and the kind of sheepish anti-American mentality is bound to disappear in time. If I hang the Stars and Stripes on my wall, it means I see it not as a symbol of oppression but as a symbol of freedom and equality. Mathieu Smeysters, LEUVEN, BELGIUM...
...same pile of dough as ordinary income when computing its deductions, as reported last week in the New York Times, got a big, big bonus.) For years, these folks got away with murder. Congratulations. But then, when the sheer size of their incomes draws unwanted attention, instead of a sheepish grin and an "O.K., you caught us," they decide to use the power of their money to keep the racket going. At that point, I think, Who cares how many cultural centers these guys may have financed? Screw them...
...always chosen my productions very carefully. By the costumes that I get to wear,” says Mary E. Birnbaum ’07, before bursting into sheepish laughter. She is in her natural habitat, the mainstage of the Loeb Drama Center, where she’s put years of dedicated work into the Harvard drama scene.Now, she is dressed in everyday clothes, with a long, tiered skirt adding a hint of drama to her appearance. But the true drama is in her face, in the mobile features that light up as she discusses her greatest passion?...
...Iraq?” he might say, with a sheepish smile and a shrug of those good ol’ Yale shoulders...