Word: trait
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Sexiest physical trait: My gills...
...unifying trait of these Latin American Macbeths is that they disregard democratic continuity; nothing transcends them. This is even represented in the syntax used every time a new regime or military junta is called in. The PRI party’s name in Mexico, which “won” elections uninterruptedly for almost a century, stands for “Institutional Revolution Party.” In Argentina, the last military junta instituted a permanent “Process of National Reorganization,” which gave painful birth to thousands of “desaparecidos...
...elevate themselves: “The Harvard of dog-training schools;” “The Harvard of Pilates Teacher Training Programs.” The irony was apparently lost on 02138. Such self-adoration, particularly when feigned as irritation, is in ignorance of a staple Harvard trait: good taste. The real trouble with 02138 is that it doesn’t understand what makes Harvard great. It embraces jewels and jetsetters; it rejects the eccentric, the nerdy, and the badly dressed. In 02138, the frumpy physics concentrator who doesn’t know a Manolo Blahnik from...
...could be such a major part of my life. Best or worst lie you’ve ever told: Of course it doesn’t matter, I’d love to wait too. Favorite childhood toy: Legos, but only to create and destroy, no playing. Sexiest physical trait: My oddly attractive facial hair...and my one and only piercing (with its Italian counterpart). Favorite part about Harvard: Pseudo-undeserved influence, and the red hot school-funded social scene. Describe yourself in three words: Skinny fast magnetic. In 15 minutes you are: Getting my read on with the company...
...spent a month at West Point reporting for our May 2005 cover story on Perez's fellow cadets in the class of 9/11. I didn't know Perez personally, but classmates I met all had a common trait: the ability to safeguard their sense of duty from their personal doubts or insecurities about the mission. In the classroom, I watched cadets debate the successes and failures of the current U.S. occupation strategy. They learned about the dangers of this particular war from watching videos of an IED explosion and discussing the fate of West Point graduate General Eric Shinseki...