Word: gentlemen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...table to my right, two gentlemen pursue the affections of two female strangers. They are striking out. Without much effort at concealment the women shoot each other disgusted glances. When they excuse themselves and head for the ladies room, I move in and introduce myself to the gents. I ask them how they think they're doing. "In the bag," they respond confidently. I ask them what they do for a living. "We're students at the Law School," they respond confidently. These guys have never had sex, I conclude confidently, and return to my game of darts...
While I will admit that many students at this school are socially inept, of whom I appear to have dated a fair share, this ineptness does not stop at the hallowed doors of our fair gentlemen's clubs. I find it hard to believe that a fellow who purchases friendships based on shared monetary privilege, which in my experience is not an exaggeration, would choose to call other people dorks. These dorks are not the ones who stock their clubs with drunk girls at a four-to-one ratio in order to secure a chance at scoring...
...latest revolution isn't simply a matter of gentlemen reading other gentlemen's e-mail. That kind of electronic spying has been going on for decades. In the past three or four years, the World Wide Web has given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click spying. The spooks call it "open-source intelligence," and as the Net grows, it is becoming increasingly influential. In 1995 the CIA held a contest to see who could compile the most data about Burundi. The winner, by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open Source Solutions, whose clear...
...GENTLEMEN: I must confess serious doubts about the efficacy--or even the integrity--of the "classic" exam period editorial, "Beating the System," you reprinted recently. I almost suspect this so-called "Donald Carswell '50" of being rather one of Us--the Bad Guys--than one of you. If your readers have been following Mr. Carswell's advice for the last 11 years, then your readers have been going down the tubes. It is time to disillusion...
...comes naturally, really. You've rehearsed every day of your life ever since your were a small babe, thanks to the status quo. Ladies and gentlemen, you are being led to your doom and all you have to manage to do is stay awake...