Word: asses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sweat rolls down the players' backs onto their jerseys, which bear nicknames like "Slime," "Spuds," or "Schooner." Inside the Harvard seal is printed a "KICK ASS" instead of the normal "VE RI TAS". The game--intramural basketball; and the spirit--pure freshman...
...During a b-league co-ed touch football game, the ninth screamed at a referee for spotting the ball too close to the endzone. Not only did the ref have to listen to this ass, but he made the right call...
...lost faith in their judicial system," he says. Clements charges that the court's popularly elected justices -- all Democrats -- have developed a "pro-plaintiff tilt" that encourages "virtually limitless judgments" and scares businesses away. Jamail, the state's king of torts, half concedes the point. "What kind of an ass would I be," he says, "if I didn't try to give back something that promotes the plaintiff's philosophy...
...industry and political masterminds? But the truth is that I never joined the Student Productions Association, never met the undergrads who wear power ties to lunch in the Union. I never tapped into the great politico-economic power grid they call "the old school tie." I may be an ass, but I have my pride...
Would George Washington have run for office, asked Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, if he had been the target of vicious parodies? But Washington was lampooned, replied Attorney Alan Isaacman. In 1789 he was depicted riding an ass. "I think George could handle that," said Scalia. "That's a far cry from committing incest with your mother in an outhouse...