Word: boyishly
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...rebels in a thousand small ways, showing up at interviews without the usual grim-faced handler and shrugging off a 9:30 p.m. curfew in favor of a refill of iced coffee. The boyish bowl cut has been replaced by long, highlighted locks and a Sporty Spice wardrobe of tight T shirts, baggy clamdiggers and unlaced Nikes...
BURNING BUSH It took George W. Bush a few months on the campaign trail to slough off his boyish modesty and start pledging. By last week the Texas Governor was in fine form, but by now Mr. Gore is unstoppable, pledging faster than ever and nearly halfway to 100. Put your tongue in high gear, George, and you've still got a shot...
...full-frontal egomaniacs like Ed Koch, Bella Abzug and Al D'Amato have thrived and from where larger-than-life figures like Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Robert Kennedy have held court. Even Chuck Schumer is a strong cup of coffee. Not since John Lindsay have New Yorkers bought into boyish...
With little money but plenty of boyish zeal, Pregracke began to enlarge upon his ambitions. He hunted up a couple of outboard motors, the barges, two aluminum runabouts and an Army-surplus bridge-building boat, which he equipped with a John Deere combine cab to make a sort of tugboat. He raised a sinking houseboat, made it seaworthy, assembled an eager young crew and hit the river--vowing to spend his summers on the water until the job was done...
...recent interview, former Crimson editor and current Slate magazine honcho Michael E. Kinsley '72 remarked of his peers, "It's the bitterness and resentment of better-looking people that spurs us all to become journalists." Perhaps, although I like to believe that I possess a certain boyish charm...