Word: opted
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...Accessories: tattoos. Many athletes come to Harvard unmarked and leave looking like Dennis Rodman wannabes. Well, not really, but tattoos are certainly increasing in popularity (although most athletes--especially females--opt for a less in-your-face style). The inside of the ankle is prime real estate for the ladies, while guys prefer to decorate their biceps. Junior quarterback Jay Snowden leads the trend with "Snow" indelibly imprinted...
Still, the questions nag even at voters reluctantly ready to opt for Clinton on Nov. 5: Who is it that they will be casting their ballots for? The government-must-do-more Democrat elected four years ago? Or the President Bob Dole has taunted as trying "to be a good Republican" in order to win re-election? Or will a second term reveal some yet-unseen Clinton, entering the first four-year period of his adult life in which he does not have to worry about the next election and free at last to do...what...
...disturbing to have reached a point where officials feel that they have to play follow-the-leader with Hollywood (not renowned as a think tank for sound public policy). Leaders should be spending more time trying to set an agenda of national concerns and less trying to co-opt the currents of a cultural mainstream that is swinging away from them. The fact that media mainstream forces like Hollywood blockbuster action films--mere entertainment--have maneuvered so successfully in the public eye that they now must be addressed as a campaign issue is disturbing. Their content is hardly worthy...
Tonight, I decided to opt out of Happy Hour and come home to relax. Strangely enough, I found myself missing the conversation, and thinking that maybe the camaraderie isn't so superficial after all. Once you admit that summer in Washington is always three parts party and one part work, it's actually quite fun. Though you may sometimes feel you are wearing the Scarlet Letter, it begins to feel good to be recognized as an intern from 50 feet away. And though I don't think I'll become a regular at the Grille when I get back...
Sure, even the weight-obsessed allow themselves some lax periods where they opt for indulgence over deprivation: holidays, birthdays, vacations. Those of us familiar with this way of life jump at the opportunity to use these occasions as excuses to go crazy--to hell with frozen yogurt, I'm getting ice cream. It is at that point when you realize your efforts to convince yourself that fro yo is really good were unsuccessful. I mean, it's all relative...