Word: crockers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...made it almost impossible for people to peg her with a permanent caricature. First came the Republican version of a sharp-elbowed, pointy-headed wife determined to play out her ambition through her husband's campaign for the White House; then came Hillary as a cross between Betty Crocker and Joan of Arc, a cathartic role model for women who need to believe that someone can effortlessly combine marriage, children and career...
Polinsky, who is Crocker professor of law and economics at Stanford University, is a visiting professor at the Law School. His grant money will fund "a study of the role of federal and state governments in sanctioning individual and corporate wrongdoers," he said...
Dicke portrays the victimized Audrey without making her seem like a hopeless caricature. Her touching ballad "Somewhere That's Green" is a hysterical list of simple dreams: "in a tract house we share...I cook like Betty Crocker and I look like Donna Reed..." Even dressed in fake fur and leopard skin and singing lines like "I know Seymour's the greatest but I'm dating a semi-sadist," Dicke manages to make us empathize with her plight...
Harvard Notes: Giardi became the second player in the program's history to win two different post-season awards. Giardi--last year's Crocker Trophy recipient--received the Robert F. Kennedy Award, given to that player who demonstrates "his willingness to work, has made himself a valuable member of the team, and has thereby gained the respect and admiration of his teammates and coaches"..."I'm surprised," Giardi said, thanking his teammates for the honor...Senior Marc Hourihan won the William Paine LaCroix Trophy for enthusiasm and sportsmanship. "I'm real honored," the offensive lineman said...Seniors Nick DeAngelis...
...Pony Crocker (Morgan K. Nichols) is an untalented singer born to strict Mormons. He writes original songs, all of them about Jesus, and comes to New York after singing an amusingly disastrous proselytizing song in an elementary school. The final character, Hank Knox (Francis Henry), is the son of wealthy, influential parents. Hank is as emotionally secure as Priscilla is not. He is kind-hearted but confident to the point of overbearing arrogance...