Word: reared
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...known for his shrill whistle and for his sometimes-offensive gags, grabbing women’s rear ends and flirting with them, nastily telling off people who didn’t give him money and making fun of gays mercilessly...
...buyers are clearly there. Factory-to-dealer sales of mobile video and navigation devices amounted to more than $450 million in 2002, a 54% jump from 2001, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. Americans bought 800,000 rear-seat entertainment systems and 300,000 navigation units. XM Satellite Radio, which went nationwide just 18 months ago, has some 500,000 subscribers, and the company expects to reach 1.2 million by year's end. And it's not just luxury-car owners who are shelling out for the high-tech extras. New-car buyers can find options like these on everyday...
Podolsky notes that “when [rotten apples] rear their ugly heads,” we must “deal with them appropriately and give them their just desserts.” But then, he says that because Harvard is “already crawling with Blair Hornstines,” it’s “hypocritical” to react to her lawsuit with shock and abhorrence...
Bringing up the rear were the Bulldogs, surprise qualifier Boston University and Syracuse...
...course, every university has its rotten apples. When they rear their ugly heads, it’s certainly important to deal with them appropriately and give them their just desserts. But just as important is introspection—learning the lessons that the presence of such people can teach us about ourselves...