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Though the Tigers and Bulldogs flip-flopped in the junior varsity, varsity fours and novice eights races, Harvard never faltered, running the table with victories in all three...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Princeton, Yale Fall to M. Lights Yet Again | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...voters in focus groups about their candidate, the answers frequently come back as nearly verbatim lines from the Republicans' anti-Kerry ads. To the degree voters have an impression of Kerry at all, Democratic strategists say, it is the Bush campaign's caricature of a calculating politician who flip-flops on issues and yearns to raise their taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anyone Know This Guy? | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...Jose, Calif., where his father Pat Sr. is a lawyer and former college wrestler. Like a lot of young Californians, the long-haired Pat Jr. could embody the surfer dude. In fact, dude was one of his favorite words. His other favorite word isn't printable. Cargo shorts, flip-flops and T shirts were his standard outfit. But at Arizona State University, he had the brains to get his marketing degree in 3 1/2 years--and with a 3.84-grade-point average. At school he got into the habit of climbing at night up the narrow ladder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death Of A Volunteer: One For The Team | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...ancestors came over to this great country 400 years ago, they had a vision for a utopia, free from minorities, liberals, poor people, homosexuals, and immigrants,” and goes on to say, “Maybe I’ll offer you a hundred bucks to flip my collar up for me.  I earned it, you middle-class fuck up. I bet you went to public school...

Author: By Amanda L. Rautenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hot Poppin' Fresh | 4/29/2004 | See Source »

...fluffy bunnies and blooming bouquets—these delightfully wholesome tableaux seem conspicuously absent from the local environment. The stripped-bare foliage continues to bear more than a passing resemblance to the set of the Blair Witch Project (preponderance of red brick aside); deluded optimists who insist on wearing flip-flops outside end up with toes a distinctive shade of magenta by sunset; and carb-loaded comfort foods still retain that elusive yet maddening X-factor which renders piping hot pad thai an easy choice over macrobiotic vegetables...

Author: By Amelia E. Lester, | Title: Catch the Fever | 4/20/2004 | See Source »

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