Word: jocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Simpson is not just a famous former football star. Through his sports commentaries, his Hertz Rent-a-Car commercials and his movie roles, he has created a persona: manly and likable, the classic good-guy jock. Whatever actually happened last week, we now know that this persona was not entirely accurate. Good guys don't beat their wives until the police have to be called, as apparently happened more than once in the past...
...nothing personal. I am, after all, the daughter of a Social Studies concentrator and a Gov jock. My sister concentrates in Women's Studies, surely one of the most theory-ridden fields at Harvard. But I tend to break out in hives at the merest whiff of theory. The word "epistemological" is enough to make me leave the room...
...apology. We are sorry for all the items we impugned Ray Flynn's decision-making abilities. Sure, he may vacillate more than Mario Cuomo; yes, he flip-flops more than Bill Clinton; and of course, he has a harder time deciding between job offers than the most anal Ec jock in recruiting season...
Theirs is the identical career path: Harvardgov jock to law school to the State House...
State Rep. Mark Roosevelt '78 (D-Beacon Hill) was identified as a "gov jock" while he was a Harvard undergraduate, although he never took a government class. The history concentrator learned about politics on the job, as the manager for several Massachusetts campaigns...