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FRED ROGERS HE MADE IT O.K. TO BE A WUSS...
...Chump! [Expletive]! Wuss! [Expletive]-Bag! [Expletive]! [Expletive]! Cheater! [Expletive]! [Expletive...
Unfortunately, Subin hasn’t found many others to “walk the walk” with him. “Most people don’t know much about power walking—they assume you’re just a wuss,” he says. Not discouraged, however, Subin continues to stand by his daily routine. “If you stroll, you’re just strolling, but if you make a point of putting some effort into it, you’ll end your walk trying to catch your breath...
Chennapragada says that her own liberal upbringing in India made it difficult to identify with her role as a woman who stays with her battering husband for over a decade. “My first reaction was, ‘She’s a wuss,’” she says. Her extensive research into the role, from looking up South Asian domestic violence groups to talking to survivors, soon changed her mind. “You read more and you see that the conditioning and social structure is so oppressive that she doesn?...
There's another sort--let's call him Conservation Wuss. He might hug a tree but not necessarily. Some of his ilk are skinflints, in the Puritan-Calvinist tradition, clipping coupons (for cents off on laundry detergent, not bonds) and using fluorescent light bulbs. Others are poor folks, trying to stretch a buck. They all see the value of heat pumps and buying low-flow shower heads and cars based on how many miles per gallon they...