Word: dumbness
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...were bad. Comically bad. Our running game was inconsistent and defense nonexistent. But we did have a few “triple threats” on the offensive line—you know, guys who were weak, slow and dumb...
Though J.D. Connor ’92 attributes his appointment to the Harvard faculty this fall to “dumb luck,” he says he won’t just be able to ride out his new career with good fortune...
...response to a Clue Crew challenge to improvise lyrics to the Jeopardy! theme song, Tatyana C, Bartch ’06 sang, “My name is Tasha, and I didn’t pass the test. I feel really dumb ’cause I go to Harvard,” leaving the audience in laughter...
Americans want to slim down--or at least that's what they say until they get a craving for a cheeseburger and trundle off to the drive-through. So catering to diners' guilt might seem like a dumb move. But several restaurant chains are now aiming at the wannabe-svelte set by offering more nutritional information and leaner cuisines. Later this year Applebee's plans to launch items developed jointly with Weight Watchers, and other chains are jockeying for the wallets of calorie counters too. --By Daren Fonda...
...Asia was a comic one: Sofia Coppola's widely praised Lost in Translation, with Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson as two Americans who strike sweet sparks while stranded in Tokyo. These two characters are acutely and lovingly observed in contrast to the Japanese bit players, who fit all the dumb stereotypes: they're short of stature and long of wind, they constantly take photos, and damn 'em, not enough of these people speak English! The U.S. dominates so much of the world, politically and pop culturally, that it seems astonished to discover that a few spots have still not become...