Word: classlessness
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...requires no great emotional acuity to imagine that, this being America, where we like pretending to be a classless society, that the smug and settled Munros will eventually succumb to the raffish good nature of the Gornickes, who have no permanent address, but roam our highways 24/7/365 in their big red bus. It does, however, require a very high tolerance for scatological humor to find this rather desperate comedy very funny, though to be completely honest, I found myself succumbing to RV, which is also a way of admitting that I?ve been feeling raunch-deprived at the movies...
...very insecure person at heart, almost childlike in her desire to do good for others so she could release herself from deep feelings of unworthiness, of which her eating disorders were merely a symptom." But he also described his sister as "someone with a natural nobility who was classless, who proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic." That statement raised some eyebrows because it seemed to refer directly to Queen Elizabeth, sitting nearby, who had seen to it that the appellation Her Royal Highness was taken from...
...generous character of its people. "I never thought Australians had any doubt as to what their identity was," he says. "It's a very strong personality. It owes a lot to certain influences that are predominantly home grown." Howard feels that Australians are adaptable. "We are still a relatively classless, egalitarian country, and we can therefore adapt to change and embrace change more readily. There are fewer things holding us back now than used to be the case." Never a fan of the ambiguous word "multiculturalism," he also rejects the idea that Australia could build a federation of cultures. "There...
...freely. If men can wear an Abercrombie Attitude Tee that asserts “Boss Hog Loves Cooter;” so too should women be able to declare via their t-shirt, “All Men Like Tig Old Bitties.” These examples, admittedly, are classless and of remarkably poor taste. But they are not instances of sexism or degradation toward women. Some girls, after all, just want to have fun. And there’s no reason why they should be barred from doing...
...trouble.” After the Science Center rally, nearly 100 students and workers marched across the Yard in single file and complete silence, waving an American flag and holding signs. Reorganizing outside Cafe Gato Rojo, protestors said the war in Iraq is “sexist, racist, and classless.” The group then hopped on the Red Line to Park Street, where they had planned to meet with other demonstrators for a rally in Boston Common. But the Harvard group arrived in the Common about a half-hour early, so the protesters marched to the Armed Forces...