Word: profession
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...Many men profess a commitment to their new occupations, though fitting in is not always easy. "There are conversations I wish I had never walked into, girl stuff like menstrual cycles," says Nurse Strumph. But there are some sweet perks. Says Morgan of his job as a manny: "The ladies think it's great." --With reporting by Melissa August/Washington, Deborah Edler Brown/Los Angeles, Harlene Ellin/Chicago, Dee Gill/St. Petersburg and Betsy Rubiner/Des Moines
...problem with God’s role in sports is not the Tysons. It’s the Evander Holyfields—men who profess righteousness but father an army of out-of-wedlock children. This kind of hypocrisy should certainly be condemned—perhaps God sent Tyson to smite Evander?...
Although many students profess an interest in dance—over 600 people enroll each semester in extracurricular dance classes sponsored by the Office for the Arts (OFA), and Harvard recognizes 18 student dance groups—the College offers very few theoretical dance and movement classes for credit...
...don’t profess to understand how President George W. Bush thinks. From a distance, though, he does seem irrationally hell-bent on invasion. This determination defies any goal-centered mode of thinking: there is, after all, no plan—at least no public plan—for restoring stability in Iraq after a war, nor is there an exit strategy. No one seems to know what will happen after an invasion, what Bush wants to accomplish or what each American soldier will be trying to implement. Conventional logic fails. So what sort of logic is Bush using...
...shaking their heads at him and giving me the “it’s ok, he’s just wasted” smile. Suddenly, Mr. Freestyla’ went from a cool and cocky Eminem to a sensitive yet troubled Marshal Mathers, as he proceeded to profess his deep attraction to me and then asked me what he was doing wrong to get my number and how he could better “spit his game” next time. In essence, he was looking for constructive criticism. I handed him his jalapeño poppers...