Word: jocks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...forgive-you-first scenes.) Audiences trained to expect a climax of bloody or comic revenge have to settle for hugs and smiles and maybe a tear. To enjoy these films is to get in touch with your inner softie. And that doesn't fit today's jock-and-schlock film climate, where "nice" is the tiniest niche...
...resolved to exude a sassy, in-your-face attitude for the remainder of high school. I walked down the hall swinging my hips and referred to all my friends as “honey” or “girl.” Rather than ducking when a jock or redneck asked “Are you really a faggot?” I responded: “Yes. Do you want a piece?” Sex and dirty jokes became my preferred topics of conversation: “What do gay horses eat? HAAAAAY...
...Harvard College presses are atwitter over the issue of jocks in the academe. In the past few weeks, Fifteen Minutes ran a 5,000-word jock-justifying “Scrutiny,” the Independent published an “Opinion Forum” on the matter, and even in this space a letter to the editor cooked up jock-hate over the brief mention in a Crimson Sports article of a first-year hockey player’s departure for more professional pastures. But why is so much pulp and ink being wasted without anyone?...
...earth to make sure FM’s proofs are perfect. And we sure appreciate it. One night, Steve literally looked up the international patent rules that covered a tiny graphic that he was unsure of. Luckily, we were legal. Steve, a PBK and a medieval history jock, will somehow get a free ride at either Oxford or Cambridge. Just because he’s that smart...
...game but great television instincts too. Recognizing that TV abhors a vacuum, he keeps his mouth running constantly. What comes out is a mix of Yogi Berra neologisms and Winston Churchill drollery that has transformed the sports- highlights show into something accessible to both diehard hoop fans and the jock laity...