Word: screwing
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...this be good news for the mythic, native (and rather dim) kings of the American plains? And now that we have revived bison as a species, can we figure a way not to screw it up again--to manage and slaughter them sanely and humanely...
...social anthropology concentrator dreams of beginning a career in public relations. Any chance she’ll tire of her italian cuisine ways and “pass the pizza box” along to a new Harvard hopeful? “Perhaps,” she says. So screw Merrill Lynch; hit up Merrily McGugan instead...
...reason is obvious. A few major-league screw-ups in recent years have sapped the UC’s credibility to the point that every week without a catastrophe still seems a small victory. To its credit, the UC has moved on from losing thousands on attendee-free booze cruises and concerts to focus on what it apparently does best—very little...
Harvard’s students are particularly primed for narcissism. (How many Harvard students does it take to screw in a light bulb? One. He holds the light bulb and the world revolves around him.) We wrote admissions essays about how special we are and were admitted because someone believed them. Harvard, with its culture of hyper-achievement, is the perfect breeding ground for self-obsession and all its perils. We must bear not just our own narcissism but also the disappointment of being standouts for our entire lives only to arrive at college and become merely average...
...shortcoming of life in our shining city on a hill is that it inevitably stops shining around 2 a.m., long before its many college-age residents are ready to turn in. Late last month, the City of Boston turned the puritanical screw still tighter with the enactment of a directive prohibiting those under 21 from attending nightclubs after 11 p.m. That has meant the de facto end of both 19-and-over nights at clubs and under-21 attendance at concerts held at local clubs. For students and young people, this move represents another symptom of the city?...