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...highest percentage of athletes tend to vote most conservatively--against the campus norm--in political opinion polls. Varsity athletes are occasionally used as bodyguards by the University administration and more recently were recruited as bouncers for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals' ceremony honoring Sylvester Stallone, where they manhandled one poor slob who dared to protest the choice of honoree...

Author: By Charlest T. Kurzman, | Title: Pointing the 'Big Finger' | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...shouldn't Frank Gifford and Don Meredith make it official? To help raise money for the Festival Theater in Santa Fe, Dandy Don and the Giffer opened there last week in Neil Simon's comedy The Odd Couple. Meredith, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback, plays Oscar Madison, the slob's slob, complete with a cigar and a New York Mets baseball cap. ("I hate the Yankees," he explains.) Gifford, the ex-New York Giants running back, is Felix Unger, the neat freak. Although Meredith did a show at the same theater last year, this is the first time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 27, 1985 | 5/27/1985 | See Source »

...nearly all agreed that success depends more on energy than image. All the image consulting in the world cannot help the true corporate loser. Nor can it cure incompetence. Nonetheless, Molloy found that most people believe that speaking, moving and dressing correctly are critical to getting ahead. The office slob remains so at his or her peril...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Good | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

...been slimed." (Scene; battle in Europe, dead friend laying in mud.) "The guy was a slob. Ever see him eat? Starving children could fill their bellies on the food he left on his beard...

Author: By Clark J. Freshman, | Title: Big Mouth Finds the Meaning of Life | 10/27/1984 | See Source »

...biggest mistake is Fred's. He falls for Lady Rosemary Radley, a blond and creamy television actress whose aristocratic public manner contrasts drastically with Lady R. the private shrew and slob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Charades | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

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