Word: prepped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sound more like a coffee-shop regular, but his pedigree is more aristocratic than Kerry's. Both candidates hail from old money--one of Weld's ancestors signed the Declaration of Independence, and Kerry descends on his mother's side from New England shipping magnates. Both graduated from prep school into Ivy League colleges. But while Weld moved on to Oxford and Harvard Law, Kerry went to Vietnam and returned with a chestful of medals and enough firsthand disillusionment to lead 5,500 vets in a 1971 antiwar march. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry caught much...
...Lately they are definitely spreading their range in recruiting," sophomore hockey player Craig MacDonald said. "Not every year down here is a good talent pool and there are some great leagues [in Canada]. I went to prep school myself, but in the junior hockey leagues, the players have that win it all or lose it attitude...
Cuban-American Undergraduate Students Association; Institute of Politics; Harvard Crimson; Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel; Col Prep (PBH Program...
...once, Bob Dole drew an excited response--in this case a spontaneous gasp--from a crowd. To an audience at Chaminade Prep school in West Hills, California, Dole read a quote from Bill Clinton in 1992. Asked by a young man on an MTV show if he would inhale marijuana a second time around, Clinton replied, "Sure, if I could. I tried before...
...that during his five years there, Wills won't have too much time to think about his battling parents. His day is a strict drill. Up at 8, compulsory chapel after breakfast, classes all morning. A lengthy sports session follows, and afternoon classes start at 4. The traditional university prep subjects are required, but some outre electives like Swahili and cooking are offered. There is also counseling for boys whose parents are divorcing. Britain has the highest divorce rate in Europe, so Wills will get sympathetic understanding from many quarters...