Word: gutting
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...almost as if a curse has been placed upon Harvard that forces it to loss in the most gut-wrenching ways...
...This gut reaction to scripture is a deft stroke of literary subversion. It should not draw a Fundamentalist fatwa, though beef lobbyists and overweight- pride groups may grumble about the ceaseless bashing of carnivores and the amply proportioned. Theroux's main dodge is to see American puritanism in a frankly physical rather than spiritual light. Readers may take this sleight to heart or turn it into a belly laugh. Either way, the sorcerer and his apprentice encounter a nation with more than its share of knaves and hypocrites, including the Reverend Huber, a stock evangelist huckster, and Mr. Phyllis, cooing...
Unburdened with common sense which would recommend firsthand observation or a broader sampling of opinions, she uses the accounts of select witnesses only to buttress her preconception: that a course without sections or papers must needs be a "gut." I know from my experience as a teaching fellow that many Harvard undergraduates, so long used to learning under compulsion, tend to abuse the kind of liberty Professor Fleming offers...
Students wanting to escape the usual 9-5 desk job or competitive internship should remember that along with the glory come gut-strewn factory floors and frozen fingers. A summer spent working in Alaska means long hours, hard physical labor and even the potential loss of limb...
...context of college basketball, at least, this game served as a serious gut-check, and the Crimson passed with flying colors...