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Word: spritely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...choices are somewhat humble measured against the norm. Just two weeks, ago, for example, murderer Juan Soria wanted "chicken, three pieces of fish, burgers, pizza, fruit (grapes, plums, peaches, apples, tangerines), doughnuts, walnuts, chocolate candy bar, plain potato chips, picante sauce, hot sauce, salad with ranch dressing, Coke and Sprite" before going to meet his maker. A month earlier, Jessy San Miguel, who had killed four people execution-style while robbing a Taco Bell, had asked for "Pizza (beef, bacon bits, and multiple types of cheese), 10 quesadillas (5 mozzarella cheese, 5 cheddar cheese), 5 strips of open-flame grilled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why We're Fascinated by Death Row Cuisine | 8/10/2000 | See Source »

...splashing some of the contents onto the table. Cheers erupt, and the frat brothers of Sigma Chi chant iDrink! Drink! Drink!i But unlike the other players, Jason P. Brinton e00-i02 isnit worried about his play getting sloppy. His cups arenit filled with beer-theyire foaming with Sprite. Brinton calmly lifts the cup to his mouth and pounds it like a champ...

Author: By P.a. Steciuk, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Avoiding Alcohol at Sigma Chi | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...Brintonis choice to engage in iSprite pongi rather than beer pong is strictly a matter of principle. A Sigma Chi fraternity brother and president of the Harvard Republican Club, Brinton is Mormon, a religion that forbids drinking alcohol or caffeine. So Sprite is pretty much all thatis kosher. When asked whether that gives him an unfair leg up on his adversaries, Brinton replies, iOf course it does. It does give me an advantage. Itis kind of cool.i...

Author: By P.a. Steciuk, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Avoiding Alcohol at Sigma Chi | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...Sigma Chi does not conform to the stereotype of fraternities as little more than venues for drunken revelry, Brinton points out. The organization isnit about drinking, he declares-itis about istrong bonds of true friendship and brotherhood.i Asked about his take on the Sprite pong situation, Sigma Chi brother Michael G. Housman e02 answers, iIim proud of him for not succumbing to peer pressure. I donit think it hinders his being part of the group...itis about building brotherhood, whether or not he wants to drink.i...

Author: By P.a. Steciuk, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Avoiding Alcohol at Sigma Chi | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

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