"Starting in April, I'll be an exam prep-school student.". From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
Decerega as a prep-school hoops star, 20 years before The Elbow incident. From Wordnik.com. [Read this: The guy who elbowed Obama, and the risks of White House hoops] Reference
Cultivating a list of distinguished alumni is a prep-school bragging right. From Wordnik.com. [America's Elite Prep Schools] Reference
Ian, don't apologize for your "prep-school WASPie cinnamon-latté whiteness.". From Wordnik.com. [earth has no sorrow] Reference
It reminded him too much of the prep-school town of Loyal, and he shook his head. From Wordnik.com. [Salem Falls]
Then, at age 24, he was cast as a prep-school snitch in 1992's "Scent of a Woman.". From Wordnik.com. [A Few Good Scenes] Reference
I run a couple foundations — one helps inner-city kids land prep-school scholarships. From Wordnik.com. [Beach Road]
Gore has wanted to be president since his prep-school classmates dubbed him "Prince Al.". From Wordnik.com. [Friends For Now] Reference
Apparently 15 % of those surveyed on facebook thought that Davos was a Swiss prep-school. From Wordnik.com. [Davos] Reference
The prep-school students turned against the war while many college campuses were still asleep. From Wordnik.com. [THE WASP'S NEST] Reference
… Martha MacCallum looks like a prep-school grad slumming it at the New York Stock Exchange. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of CNBC ��� Return of Seinfeld ��� What's in a Name, Patricia Fili-Krushel?] Reference
It was as toastmaster at his "prep-school" commencement-banquet that he first drank to intoxication. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
A month after the decision, Souter met at the Court with a group of prep-school students from Choate. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Accidental President'] Reference
Rarely has the purgatory of prep-school privilege been spelled out in such excruciating, subtle detail. From Wordnik.com. [Gimlet-Eyed Girl Grows Up; Preppies Poked and Prodded] Reference
• I'm a hopeless prep-school bi-coastal snob with absolutely no appreciation for the way real Americans live. From Wordnik.com. [out with the aughts and in with the zippy 'teens!] Reference
With his smart wardrobe and Eastern prep-school accent, he was ready to begin the greatest act of his lifetime. From Wordnik.com. [The Man in the Rockefeller Suit] Reference
I remember at UNC -- surrounded by the prep-school liberal ethos -- I was more conservative than I've ever been since. From Wordnik.com. [prog rock] Reference
"This is a serious year," he told employees, explaining how similar attire somehow gave prep-school students more gravitas. From Wordnik.com. [Facebook CEO in No Rush To 'Friend' Wall Street] Reference
He performed "The Kids," a head-nodding coming-of-age tune built on a sample cribbed from prep-school rockers Vampire Weekend. From Wordnik.com. [Rapper and Singer B.o.B. performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion] Reference
John Kerry, the Democrats '2004 presidential nominee, dabbles in guitar and played in a prep-school outfit called The Electras. From Wordnik.com. [Songs for Campaign Seasons Past and Present] Reference
In contrast to his brother, Tommy has the look of a prep-school teacher, with horn-rimmed glasses and a tweed jacket and khakis. From Wordnik.com. [Triumph by Jury] Reference
You have to wonder whether, for certain prep-school kids, it might be easier just to skip the charade and live off daddy's money. From Wordnik.com. [The Tutor Diaries: Chalk and Chanel] Reference
He performed “The Kids,” a head-nodding coming-of-age tune built on a sample cribbed from prep-school rockers Vampire Weekend. From Wordnik.com. [In concert: B.o.B. at Merriweather Post Pavilion] Reference
Nor was I sure some years later when my prep-school housemaster, an English teacher, read it to us seniors over a series of nights. From Wordnik.com. [David Finkle: Holden Caulfield at 60? No Way, Says J. D. Salinger] Reference
The Fair Isle sweater is a prep-school staple, but it feels modern when paired with an oxford shirt and slim-fit, sand-washed chinos. From Wordnik.com. [Trend Report Sharp-dressed man] Reference
Take, for instance, television network CW's new drama "Gossip Girl," about prep-school students living in Manhattan's Upper East Side. From Wordnik.com. [Marketers Explore New Virtual Worlds] Reference
Those five deflating words instantly alerted me that my prep-school background and advanced degrees would mean nothing on the new job. From Wordnik.com. [White-Collar Man In A Blue-Collar World] Reference
And if you happen to be advising prep-school teachers, be prepared for a curveball when it comes to the most time-honored of investments. From Wordnik.com. [Advice to Advisers: Focus] Reference
Weld affects a prep-school nonchalance, which allows him to seem aloof while his campaign rakes in contributions from state contractors. From Wordnik.com. [Now, The Volvo Republicans] Reference
Dean's liberalism had been sanctioned, if not inspired, by his prep-school headmaster; he loved his father; who was he to rebel against?. From Wordnik.com. [THE WASP'S NEST] Reference
We are to believe that Anna is shocked by what she encounters, as if she had no idea that prep-school kids could be pampered and obnoxious. From Wordnik.com. [The Tutor Diaries: Chalk and Chanel] Reference
You know, when I have to cross the river in Philadelphia and use the library at Penn, and I hear those voices, those prep-school voices -- well, let me tell you!. From Wordnik.com. [Crisis In The American Universities] Reference
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