Word: doings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although the lottery officials are supposed to inform car-owners of their assigned spots, the Quashas never heard a word until Grant woke up one Thursday morning to a woman proclaiming she was going to tow his car. He went to snatch it from her claws and saw that two...
When Nitze, who is a Crimson Editor, bought a new car, he naturally needed a spot. At the parking office, explains Nitze, an employee casually asked, "Do you mind telling me what kind of car you have?" Nitze name-dropped the name of a high-end luxury vehicle. "With a...
Mansfield believes in distinct male and female roles. Although he admits to making his own breakfast, the kitchen is his wife's domain. "I do a lot of the rest," he insists, in his soft-spoken, even shy voice. "I carry out the garbage. I carry out the trash." Pressed...
Mansfield describes manliness as confidence, willingness to stand up to a risk or challenge. A "manly man" takes charge. He is brave, frank, aggressive, competitive, loyal, stoical. "It is harder for women to be manly," he said, slipping on the hot mittens and taking out the cupcakes. "The whole idea...
A splash of white wine follows a slow and deliberate stir. Within minutes, dinner is served. A manly man does not pay too much attention to what he eats. "He is not an aesthete." A self-described wine connoisseur, Mansfield views the manly man as uncultured and unintellectual: "He must...