Word: prepped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...question -- never fully answered that evening -- will recur, along with related themes, over a 1988 Riesling, as the talk stretches into the early morning hours. The seven have seen little of one another since their graduation in 1956 from the Hittorf Gymnasium, a prep school in Recklinghausen (pop. 123,000), where the industrial Ruhr melds into the rich farmland of Westphalia. The reunion, prompted by the visit of a journalist classmate living in New York City, provides a perfect opportunity to catch up. Here with intensity, there with a curious lack of passion, their talk at Niehues' home in Recklinghausen...
...came from your stereotypical whitebread prep school. The kids there wore polo shirts, and drove fancy sports cars. There were a handful of minority students in my class of 150 graduating seniors, but I didn't know them too well...
Dawn in Ojai, Calif. As the sun rises over rugged peaks, more than 80 young men and women are busy shoveling horse droppings at the elite Thacher School, a 425-acre sprawl of corrals and classrooms that combines New England-style prep-school life with the ethos of Western ranching. As part of their regimen, students must feed the horses and muck out their stalls before breakfast. Some students grumble about the early-morning chores, but most of them ultimately embrace the school's central belief that a connection exists between caring for a horse and conquering calculus. "Before...
Sharis attended Brooks Prep High School in North Andover, lettered in soccer and baseball and was looking forward to playing soccer for the Crimson when be came to Cambridge...
Traveling Wilbury:Rumors have it that the musical group has been looking for a guitarist ever since the great Roy Orbison died last year. With his prep school background and solid looks, Bok could add to the group's mainstream appeal. Likewise, even a short stint with Bob Dylan and Tom Petty would go a long way toward rebuilding Bok's activist image. The downside: At this point, Bok's only musical talent consists in being able to sing "10 Thousand Men of Harvard" backwards. Odds...