Word: scarfing
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Babe Ruth was a champion at almost everything he did. The dominant player in baseball history, he transformed the way the game was played. Off the field, he could scarf down 18-egg omelets, chug-a-lug boilermakers (ice cubes and all) and, it has been claimed, make love seven times a night. A beloved boor, he also liked to show off a silver loving cup he won for placing first in a flatulence contest. Yet the Babe, product of a Baltimore reform school, came up short in one area. "My grandfather," says Ruth descendant Thomas Stevens, "always regretted that...
...course, it's impossible to make generalizations about every firm. while banking, accounting and consulting tend to be dominated by old white men who probably wouldn't appreciate that gorgeous new blouse and matching scarf from Ann Taylor, Feeley suggests more creative clothing for interviews with advertising, marketing, and human resources positions...
...consideration when ranking colleges, Harvard probably would have never made it into the top ten, let alone been first. It's not unusual for the temperature to be a bitter five degrees out, and the wind makes it feel like 20 below. So all bundled up with hat and scarf, gloves and coat, you glumly trudge off towards the Science Center for your 10:00 Core. And, there on the street, some guy walks by wearing shorts. You pause and rub your eyes. Worried that your blood will freeze if you stand still for too long you head off towards...
...into orbit, the dreams and aspirations of women also soared, in the person of Lieut. Colonel EILEEN COLLINS, 38. Collins is second in command and the first female to take over the controls of a NASA spaceship. She is carrying mementos of women aviators of the past, including a scarf that belonged to Amelia Earhart. Collins started taking flying lessons when she was 19 and in 1990 became the U.S. Air Force's second woman test pilot. She is not dwelling on the historic aspect of this flight: ``Maybe someday when I'm old I'll think about...
...backgrounds can make us look unique and "ethnic" to elite professional schools or high-powered recruiters looking to build diverse groups or assuage white guilt, we should milk them for all they're worth. As a Filipino-American, if I have to dance the tinikling or scarf down lechon to advance my career, I'll do it gladly...