Word: jock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this deliriously erotic movie has been adapted. The author set out to investigate the murder, never officially solved, of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll, Kenya's most notorious womanizer (played in the film by a subtly predatory Charles Dance). Fox concluded that the murderer was Sir John Henry ("Jock") Delves Broughton (Joss Ackland), a man phlegmatically devoted to squandering a fortune. Broughton's motive was jealousy. It seems that Diana, his beautiful young wife (Greta Scacchi, who projects a movie rarity, authentic sensuality), had married him mostly to hurry him along through the rest of his capital...
Athletes on campus feel insulted by the plan--and rightfully so. The plan demonstrates an overeagerness to believe in the jock stereotype. Pfister and Leverett House Master John E. Dowling '57, whose committee drafted the plan, forget that athletes prossess backgrounds and interests as diverse as any other undergraduate...
...Kirkland resident who is also an honors major and a veteran of varsity athletics at Harvard, I take offense at "dumb jock" slurs and despise that single-faceted stereotype of the house. (That some Kirkland residents project this image is not my concern here...
...course, all the participants agreed, there are other reasons for public animus toward the press, including such familiar problems as invasions of privacy and lack of fairness. Inevitably such confessional sessions begin to sound like those jock beer commercials: "More accuracy!" "Less arrogance...
...amorphous group of "athletes" is unfair and narrow-minded. It assumes that the essential character of an individual is defined by an extracurricular, athletic activity, and not the full range of an undergraduate's interests and studies. Is someone who goes jogging every morning or lifts weights considered a jock? Or do you have to earn a varsity letter to be jumbled in with this select group? Is an athlete still one after his or her season is over...