Word: upper-class
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...Action is my domain," he said. "It's not what I say but what I do that matters." He quickly became the commanding figure of the movement and brooked no challenge to his ultimate leadership. The force of his convictions transformed the Indian National Congress from upper-class movement to mass crusade. He made his little spinning wheel a physical bond between elite and illiterate when both donned the khadi cloth. Despite the country's proclivities for ethnic and religious strife, he inspired legions of Indians to join peaceful protests that made a mockery of empire...
...creepy losers Hoffman usually plays (in Boogie Nights or Happiness) than for a patrician hunk like Dickie. The deglamorizing of Ripley pays off beautifully in his final meeting with Freddie, who sees through Tom's sham, quickly spotting the poseur's lapses of taste and showing a delicious upper-class contempt for a real nobody trying to be a fake somebody...
...also provides each upper-class house with a box containing 100 condoms per week, and Sussner said AEO hopes to provide condoms in Harvard Yard in the future...
...House committees support CHL's decision, universal keycard access to all the upper-class houses--an enterprise that has required over four years of effort--may become a reality as early as December...
...last year, half the seniors said they were sexually active, but students say there's no pressure to lose one's virginity. "People don't make fun of virgins at all," says junior James Wetton. "It's kind of respected." Even among the "Dive Team," a group of six upper-class males whose name has nothing to do with swimming, half the members say they have never...