Word: joking
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...meetings, every Core class, info-sessions. 3) Fopasaurus Rex Upon one’s first encounter with this species, they may appear dirty and unhygienic, but this problem is frequently remedied within days of arrival in their new habitat. Traveling in packs, they sound the call of the inside joke, desperately trying to bring themselves back to a time when prerequisites were far less important than where they were going to poo next. Feeds on: Granola, Odwalla drinks. 4) Punchmeplease Poppedcollarus Immediately ready for the social scene, this species seems to know everyone, or at least everyone worth knowing...
There is, of course, no way to know if the ad is real. It may have been a crass joke, or an attempt to embarrass final clubs by depicting a blatantly racist, classist, and misogynist member. Yet on email lists and around dinner tables, students wondered whether or not the ad was real. And, somewhat surprisingly, a near unanimity of 14 final club members, both male and female, with whom I spoke, said that they could imagine a Harvard senior writing the post in earnest...
Even those who brushed off the post as merely a tactless joke admitted that the “joke” is based, however remotely, on reality: that some final club members are frighteningly pompous about their “ornate” clubs, and that criteria for an “ideal” date at most of these institutions would not correspond with the Harvard admissions office’s pamphlet on diversity...
...before. In 2002 Musharraf promised that he would step down as army chief in exchange for a one-time exemption to the very same article 63, citing the ongoing political tensions. Back then, he had the support of the Pakistani people. Now, many have lost faith. "It's a joke, nobody believes it," says Ayesha Tammy Haq, a lawyer and a prominent political talk show host. "If he takes off his uniform he is nothing. The subtext here is, 'You elect me President, or it's martial...
Whenever the subject of health care reform comes up on the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton unfailingly offers a joke about how she tried that once before, and has the scars to prove it. The ambitious proposal that she put forward on Monday also shows that she learned a few things as well...