Word: uruguay
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Though Payne may still be a lowly student, his maturity is without question. After spending his freshman year of college at MCC in Arizona, Payne spent the next two years in Uruguay on a Mormon mission...
It’s more or less the typical Harvard story. You’ve heard it many times by now—student spends one year at Mesa Community College, two years in Uruguay on a Mormon mission, one more year at MCC, transfers to Harvard junior year, marries during summer between junior and senior year...
...There’s no such thing as a ‘saw-na.’ It’s ‘sow-ow-na!”); another, of Uruguayan descent, explained the finer points of gender roles in Uruguay, as well as why she found bad Uruguay-related puns so unfunny; a third taught us Greek invectives. Neither was cultural identification a phenomenon limited to my room; at the activities fair held for first-years, representatives for organizations like the Hellenic Society gave out candy and encouraged students to sign up for e-mail lists. Though...
...They imagine Harvard guys partying “in white tuxedos, not having keggers or anything.” As Shelley and Leslie leave to pose in front of Holworthy, O’Brien’s freshman dorm, José and his wife Eliza, of Montevideo, Uruguay, stand in the Yard in contemplative silence. They’re awed by Harvard’s size. “I went to university, but ours are small—one building only,” says José, an engineer. Jimmy, a tall, hearty man in a blue windbreaker...
...great game, but you won't see rugby players at this Cup faking pain to gain advantage - real pain follows the rugby player everywhere - and you're certain to see acts of sportsmanship and good grace in defeat rarely seen at other high-stakes tournaments. Minnows like Namibia, Uruguay and Georgia may suffer hidings, but fair-minded Australian crowds will warmly applaud their efforts. The victor is anyone's guess, but this much can be predicted with confidence: over six weeks that side will have played with a power and precision not seen before on the fields of this glorious...