Word: gi
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...September University enrollment drops by almost 700 to under 5000, and fell by another 200 in the spring term. Freshman class in 1950 was smaller by hundreds than the GI bill class...
...very identity of a Harvard man transformed as the GI Bill brought duffels among the tweeds, and scholarships brought the West east...
...mother will be so proud. She thought I was a little "slow" when I was a child. I used to sit in the corner and take my shoes on and off for hours at a time and make action figures out of toilet paper. They tried to buy me GI Joes, but I was like, "No, no, two-ply will be fine." They didn't bother with babysitters, they just gave me a couple of pots, some Puffs paper and a couple pairs of shoes. I didn't read till I was six. I wore velcro until...
...beacon of innovation and creativity the film is not. And yet, much like its revered progenitors, Gladiator works on such an impressive scale that it is able to overcome its dearth of originality. Ridley Scott has always enjoyed a somewhat undeserved reputation as a visual virtuoso (White Squall? GI Jane?), but this is one project in which his supposed visual prowess is on display full-force. Taking a page from the James Cameron playbook, Scott meticulously recreates the world of ancient Rome, capturing the most minute details from the bustling streets to the massive Coliseum. And the numerous gladiator battles...
Clad in white and off-white gi with belts of all colors outside Rec Room 1, the mostly-graduate student Hapkido Club met me with raised eyebrows. I would definitely be checking my ego at the door. It felt something akin to showing up for a cocktail party in overalls...