Word: popular
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pair of Shues: The Columbia marching band rated Harvard the number-one cultural icon that Senator Jesse Helms will censor in the name of decency, but one of our most popular icons showed up at the Lions' den last Saturday. Elisabeth Shue '88-'90--the actress best known for her starring roles in Cocktail, Adventures in Babysitting and The Karate Kid--braved the rain to watch her brother John and the men's soccer team take on Columbia. She said she was disappointed with John's limited playing time, but still plans to catch several games this season...
...culture hero. He's the drug czar when warring on drugs is cool; he's a family man when the American family is cool; and what's more, his youthful face recently graced USA Today's weekend magazine--and even if USA Today isn't cool, it's undeniably popular...
...proctor meetings. Contrary to popular belief, the term "proctor" does not derive from the Greek proktos, meaning anus. Instead, it comes from the Middle English procutour, meaning "one who holds meetings until at least half of those present fall asleep." Our proctor--and this is not a joke--once took 15 minutes to tell us not to throw oranges out of our windows at passing administrators...
...because I thought they were wasteful. I think about the names I've been called in this town. I've been called Stepin Fetchit, I've been called Silent Sam, Mr. Mayor.* I've been called Svengali. It shows what people will do. To be popular, you must have a lot of programs, a lot of money for everybody, including the builders and developers and consultants...
Some American officials were still questioning whether Barco will follow through with new deportations in the face of both popular opposition and the terror campaign by the narcotraficantes. "As the cartel continues putting bombs here and there and appeals to nationalism," said one State Department official in Washington, "Colombians are going to start asking, 'Why are we getting blown up just to satisfy the gringos...