Word: ruffianism
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...classes. When law exams loomed, he persuaded a friendly doctor to say he was too ill to face them and should be sent off on vacation. In both Edinburgh and London he prowled the seedier neighborhoods late at night, sometimes dressed as a gentleman, sometimes as a ruffian, noting the differences in how he was treated. He appears to have had at least one serious affair with a prostitute, probably broken off by parental pressure...
...always angry when people makegeneralizations and stereotypes like Dean Epps didtoday, but it wasn't anything I hadn't heardbefore," Hrnicek said. "Epps is lumping everyonewho goes to my church into the category ofcriminal or ruffian or harasser...
...siblings in Auschwitz; he escaped by joining the French underground. He had only three years of schooling but was a genius with languages -- he could speak eight by the time he was grown -- and figures. He joined the British forces and in two years transformed himself from a Czech ruffian into a British army officer who was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in charging a German machine-gun position in a Dutch village in January...
Valuable race horses have long been prime candidates for sophisticated medical techniques. Until recently, however, even a spectacular champion like Ruffian, the filly who was unbeaten during her brief career in 1974 and 1975, had to be put to death after shattering a leg. No more. By screwing metal plates into the broken bones, a practice adapted from human orthopedics, surgeons can repair the damage well enough for the animals to stand comfortably after the operation without a splint. (Earlier attempts frequently failed when the high-strung animals destroyed their casts, reinjuring their legs.) At Tufts, rehabilitation after surgery includes...
...What are ruffian fashions? "It's undoubtedly clear that once students arrive at Harvard they appear handsome and well-dressed, but they soon disappear into the blue denim world of jeans," Epps says. "I would welcome banning that and return to the coat and tie rule at dinner...