Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President's program is so popular in their districts that they dared not buck it. Says Deputy Democratic House Whip Bill Alexander of Arkansas, in a spirit of resignation: "Most people want the President to get his way because he promises to cure inflation and reduce taxes. The people believe him, so politicians have...
Despite its 1980's setting, its language and occasional nudity, Stripes is, more than anything else, an old-fashioned service comedy in the tradition of Abbott and Costello's Buck Privates (1941) or Andy Griffith's No Time for Sergeants (1958). In fact, Stripes could have been edited down to suit any 1940's or 1950's audiences with very little effort. The two scenes of nudity are utterly superfluous to the plot and were no doubt included simply to garner the R-rating needed to be an "adult comedy," as are Murray's throw-away gag lines about kinky...
...then, Stripes plays on the old hybrid theme used in Buck Privates, No Time for Sergeants, and all of the innumerable imitations that followed: Misfit joins Army as last resort, misfit has several run-ins with the tough drill sergeant, misfit winds up proving his heroism and thereby gaining the sergeant's respect...
...during the summer--executive education programs and the like--help pay for the renovations. But west of the B-School, across North Harvard St., is another instance of development far different from the stagnation felt in recent years at the College. While the College has scrambled to save a buck, the athletic department has vigorously updated facilities--which, according to John P. Reardon '60, director of athletics, were dubbed the second worst in the East some years ago. Their method has been simple: an outpouring of cash. Prior to the capital fund drive (from which the department stands to gain...
...What worries me-most is that someday soon Harvard may no longer be in the position to admit students who are not able to pay their own way. Right now, our admissions policy is 'buck-blind,' so to speak. But this problem is going to arise in the very near future...