Word: jocks
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College officials have argued that the reason for randomizing the house populations is to try to break down the traditional stereotypes of house residents: Mather as the jock house, Pforzheimer as the pre-med house, Eliot as the elitist house and Adams as the gay house...
...meant to be." Headstrong, undisciplined, sometimes self-righteous, he is a man who has a predilection for shooting himself in the foot over a principle--or a peccadillo. In his talky speeches, he never uses a simple word where a fancy one will do, coming across like the class jock who would rather be perceived as the class brain. That's partly why some say Jack Kemp tries too hard. But the point is, he tries, and never stops trying. Through nine terms in Congress from suburban Buffalo, New York, and four years as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development...
...Price in '94--but also found himself at the center of a potent team of Republican freshmen. This father of four opposes abortion rights, favors a flat tax and thinks the Social Security system should be phased out. He is eager to prove he is more than an ex-jock trading on his name. Says Largent: "I want to show people I can run more than post routes...
Irritating. Endlessly irritating. The increasingly unintelligible, high-pitched whine of these wretched bugs cavorting in toilets and a jock strap is enough to cure anyone complaining of sanity. Sure, a barber shop quartet starring disease-carrying vermin rates high on anyone's cuteness scale, but after a funk number, or a gospel number, or the film's opening chorus...one just wants to crawl under a carpet and take a quiet...
...coaches, in the manner of tough-talking coaches everywhere, like to grumble about all the extra hurdles. As Sloan says when O'Brien blames a radio interview for his late arrival at Washington State University's weight room, and then stops for a chat with every other jock in the joint, "No one's gonna want to talk to his ass if he wins a silver...