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...have anticipated the reality--are forced to cope on their own with the effects of Valedictorian Syndrome, the sense each Harvard student has by the end of high school that he or she has mastered some subject area or skill. Problems arise when these talented individuals convene and butt heads without the proper head gear in contests of one-upmanship. It's dirty subtle fighting, and the administration permits this same scenario to play itself out each fall. That's where first-year drinking comes...
Perhaps it was a gross oversight to not include the Midwest (and especially Illinois), but we take offense that The Crimson could overlook a state and region that includes the mighty Chicago Bulls, a team that can kick your region's sorry butt...
Simpson demonstrated his willingness to butt heads with those he disagrees with when he and National Public Radio's Nina Totenberg got into a public row over Clarence Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court, which Simpson supported...
...Cher Comedy Hour, the CBS variety show that brought a jokey, mass-market, safe feminism to TV as Sonny played emasculated buffoon to Cher's smart aleck. It was all his idea. As Cher said during her astonishing funeral oration last week, "He had the confidence to be the butt of the joke because he created the joke." But he was also in charge of the joke. The show ended in 1974 when Cher left Sonny, accusing him of virtually keeping her in indentured servitude...
...cool can be worth it: it may look like merely oversize jeans and hooded sweatshirts, but the $5 billion male urban-clothing niche is growing faster than any other apparel category except, perhaps, lingerie. And how long before Hilfiger offers low-slung panties with his name on the butt...