Word: khaki
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...emphasis on college preparation. Two students share each small room, which contains little more than twin beds, two desks and, for upperclassmen, desktop computers. The schedule is purposely intense. Each morning, after waking up at 5:45, the kids make their bed, get dressed in their uniform of khaki pants and white polo or Oxford shirt, then line up single file to go to the cafeteria for breakfast. Classes begin at 8 a.m. and last until 4 p.m. The late-afternoon hours are filled with extracurricular activities that range from choir to flag football. After dinner, the students go back...
Wearing a flipped over visor, khaki flood pants, black suspenders, a red bowtie and “broken” glasses taped in the middle, Tannen’s performance had the crowd roaring with laughter...
...loves the disco rhythms of Blondie. He has seen friends gunned down in his Harlem neighborhood, yet he attended an exclusive New York City prep school and played lacrosse in Connecticut. "Do you know how hard it was to come back to my neighborhood in penny loafers with khaki pants and a blazer?" Dash asks. And he recently produced comeback singles for the former Posh Spice, Victoria Beckham, whose British girl-band, the Spice Girls, briefly ruled the late-'90s airwaves...
Mark Watson, Howell, discovers that the only scholarship left to Harvard is for black students. In order to get the scholarship, he paints his face a dark shade of khaki. He gets the scholarship, forcing him to go to Harvard as an African American. Soon, he meets and falls for a black girl. Racial misunderstandings lead to meaningful hilarity! In one memorable scene, Professor Banks, played by Jones, calls for Mark Watson, to which Howell responds “Right on.” Oh, well, then, he must be black! It is essentially the opposite of Eddie Murphy?...
...girls sit nervously on the bed, Neill begins going through items one by one. She pronounces Encisco’s black skirt “classic” but suggests that she store two summer dresses, khaki pants and a khaki skirt. Neill holds up two pairs of black pants and asks if there is a difference between them. Encisco ventures that the pair on the right are “nicer.” Neill smiles knowingly and returns them to the closet...