Word: suck
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since the late 1980s, the Radcliffe Union of students has championed the cause of women protesting against sex discrimination by the all-male final clubs at Harvard. It rallied outside the Fly Club, postered campus with signs emblazoned "Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT)" and distributed "FCS" or "Final Clubs Suck" baseball caps...
...Listen, Buster," a close relative said during this difficult period, "nobody's staring at you, and when you suck in your gut like that, your eyes bug out." Not everyone understands sentiment. And as Waller wrote, "Where great passion leaves off and mawkishness begins, I'm not sure." He's still not sure, but he's headed there, leading a wagon train of believers. As of last week, Bridges had sold 4.1 million copies and had stayed on the best-seller lists for 63 weeks, 33 of those in first place. That's a lot of hankies. Steven Spielberg...
...read Safire. I like to read him. I have a lot of respect for him because he does his own reporting. A lot of columnists just suck their thumbs. Baker and Safire I think are the only ones I read regularly. I read Kinsley in the New Republic...
Topping the list has got to be that of Quincy candidate Chris Hernandez: "The U.C. sucks. I suck for wanting to be on it. Dammit, I'm Chris Hernandez." In an age of slippery politicians, it's nice to see some straightforward rhetoric. We will soon know whether voters appreciate this display of campaigning honesty...
...Well, it's bound to happen every now and then. I suppose we'll just suck it up. Until then, fall compers, enjoy your cocktail parties. I'm a little jealous. At the Crimson, all we ever got were pretzels and warm beer...