Word: flipped
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...course, the chapter you flip to first is the one about dating. Vincent speed-dated. She hit on chicks in singles bars. (Vincent is gay, so it's not so big a stretch as you may think.) She went on dozens of Internet dates. Looking out from behind Ned's stubble, she was surprised at how much sexual power women have over men, even when women may feel disempowered in other ways, and how icily they wield it. She was also surprised how tough it was to keep up the façade of bluff, jocular arrogance that both sexes demand...
...adult children flip out at the idea of Mom hooking...
...been accepted by Harvard, decided to come to Harvard because, he said, “it was a good opportunity to see if I could compete.â€While he says he was able to keep up in the classroom, Wyatt adds that he felt the flip-side of this competition when it came to job applications this fall.Wyatt recounts one incident in which a firm representative looked at his resume and said, “You’re just a charity case,†before throwing it on the ground. The recruiters, he says, were here...
...SERIOUS I MEANT POLITICS, THE GOVERNMENT. The Federal Government? I don't think anyone outside Washington thinks of it as serious. The humor in government?especially the way we elect Presidents?is the mother lode. When you're watching a man flip pancakes in New Hampshire while answering questions about Social Security reform, you're watching a funny way to choose the leader of the free world...
...Your wife can't cook, anyway," King teased. "She's too good-looking." He fell into a chauvinist bromide about the value of plain wives, and Abernathy took up the flip side with remarks on the beauty of Gwen Kyles. He retreated to the bathroom with a flirtatious grin that he must splash on Aramis cologne just...