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...quiz, it clearly reflects a central campaign concern: that Bush might be seen as a lightweight, a silver-spoon child of privilege without the heft to deal with the presidency. The disturbing images, the edgy music in a minor key, the unsettling language aim at one point: No mindless frat boy here...
...happened, at just the moment that the contest came into focus, the issues of intellect and temperament that have hummed all year suddenly threw off sparks and lit up the whole horizon of the Republican race. One Navy prince, one political prince, both rebel cutups with frat-house charm, they took very different roads to the stage they currently share. If Bush is defined by his friends and alliances, McCain is known by the enemies he has dared to make and the grievances he has dared to have. Whereas Bush spent his early years at play, with a father...
...take on it," he says, "is that they want to keep people from searching far and wide for alcohol and getting into dangerous situations.... If there's a problem with someone drinking, then all the support resources are right here, instead of someone getting drunk at some frat party and passing out in the basement...
...there's a line that can't be crossed," Pokaski added. "If we find that a frat is being run like an animal house or disturbing the quiet of the neighbors, the board will act accordingly...
...forsake Friday night gatherings to take surveys and write articles about the inept social scene, my excuse no longer applied. I was heading to a land where five o'clock meant the start of happy hour, not the deadline for a problem set, to a land where well built frat boys had to wear suits and ties, to a land where the interns roamed free (and you know what they say about interns...