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Word: asses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crazy? Well, Leverett is pretty crazy. It's house with multiple personalities and we're damn proud of it. We've got an immensely successful contingent of athletic stars, a film society so lucrative it probably sent Orion packing, an obsessively kick-ass intramural squad and a crowd that takes house spirit seriously. We've even got own pack of crazy little kids roaming around the dining hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fine House | 3/13/1993 | See Source »

...Yale] makes up for a lack of skating ability by grabbling and sticking," sophomore forward Sara Simmons said. "They get to be such pains in the ass. You get suckered into retaliating...

Author: By Geoffrey J. Hoffman, | Title: W. Hockey Tops Yale, 2-1 | 2/18/1993 | See Source »

Preppy Tight-Ass...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Men | 1/13/1993 | See Source »

...quintessential Hahvahd Man is the starched,tight-ass preppy. Formerly known for his Hyannisdrawl, Brahmin lockjaw, and stock taste cultivatedfrom generations of inbreeding among the finestfamilies in America, he no longer preserves thatimpeccable WASPish pedigree. He has become morediverse, but remains a distinctive creature...

Author: By D. RICHARD De silva, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Men | 1/13/1993 | See Source »

...avoid spending any more time in a meeting than needed to accomplish his purpose. Colleagues praise him for other lawyerly virtues as well: sound judgment, discretion, the ability to absorb technical minutiae fast without losing sight of the big picture, a willingness, says a friend, "to work his ass off." Berger is kind to secretaries, seldom crabby and uses a quizzical, ironic humor to defuse stress. He loves the front line of politics; he helped drill Clinton before the presidential debates and often accompanied him on the campaign plane. "If I were in real trouble and allowed one call," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sandy Berger: An Instinct for The Important | 1/11/1993 | See Source »

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