Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...always colored within the lines. With the possible exception of a neon yellow turtleneck I once wore on Halloween, my clothing would never catch your eye. My hairstyle and my taste in music are about as bland as your average oatmeal. And yet, by Harvard standards, I have become a rebel...
Indeed there is usually an easy way to spot the unprepared, namely to ask a question and then see who begins rifling through their materials in a wild, desperate attempt to avoid making eye-contact. People frantically and aimlessly search through their notebooks as if the mysteries of the universe, let alone the answer to the question, could be found there. The look on their face is intent, as if they had just written an essay on that very question and if only they could find it buried deep in their cavernous backpack, they could address the issue. Their eyes...
...better accomplish these goals, we suggest some small changes in the format of the Bolder Boulder and similar races. All caps on runner entrance should, of course, be lifted. Instead, runners should be grouped according to pertinent characteristics like nationality, height, hair color, eye color and physical fitness...
...subdue the bad guy, summoning in a heartbeat what Levine calls a winning warrior spirit. They escape from choke holds and bear hugs, wrestle away weapons, fight on the ground and fend off multiple attackers. Anything goes, including groin kicks, elbow jabs, head butts, hair pulling, biting and eye gouging. "There are no rules," explains Levine, an L.A. County prosecutor and the highest-ranking American instructor in Krav Maga. "If it's illegal in boxing, we're doing...
...today a thriving global presence for this magazine. He was demanding of the people who worked for him and equally tough on the people he worked for, expecting his own high standards to be applied below and above him. He did this all with a twinkle in his eye and a gruffness that wasn't even skin deep. Along the way, his heart failed him, several times, but he continued jetting around the world to get more stories and interview leaders ranging from the awful--Saddam Hussein--to the awesome--Nelson Mandela--to the truly historic--Mikhail Gorbachev...