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...older brother, meanwhile, has been a fixture in the Cardinal varsity boat. Both came to college as novices, but the 6’8, 225-pound Jamie possessed the archetypal crew body that Griffin—a bona fide lightweight at 6’2, 155—didn’t have...
Despite my liberal credentials as a Volvo-driving, pro-choice, gay-marriage-supporting urban dweller, I admit to an inner conflict when it comes to guns. I grew up surrounded by firearms and the boys who loved them. My father is a bona fide hunting nut who threatened to buy my son a lifetime membership to the National Rifle Association for his first birthday. I myself have mowed down a variety of defenseless woodland creatures. I used to be a decent shot with a pistol, and once during the Clinton years, I spearheaded an outing of lefty political scribes...
That’s right, fellow H-bomb droppers, we’ve got bona fide competition now—competition to which Yale pales in comparison. Hear the names of these modern-day behemoths of education and tremble: the 92nd Street Y, Brick Church School, Weekday School at Riverside Church...
...Auslander wants to stake a claim to the title of American Jewish literature’s bona fide “bad boy,” his most compelling credential might be that he’s—gasp!—a college drop-out. After leaving school, Auslander rose through the ranks of a New York advertising agency. Somewhere along the way, he appears to have acquired a knack for writing in 30-second sound-bytes...
...Crimson was not so lucky in the opening period, failing to convert on either of two bona fide scoring opportunities...