Skwell
Hanging out with your family
I need to skwell
Skwell by brisia. No October 16, 2020
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Senior Swell
Lifting weights all the time during your high school senior year because you want to get ripped before going off to college
Senior Swell by anwimasm April 8, 2012
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all swell
all swell by ΔиłĦ☼иצ ߀₡ʞ October 1, 2012
Thomas Sowell
Black economist known for his clear and concise arguments on complicated economical issues. He was raised by by his great-aunt and her two daughters in Harlem in the 40's and years later graduated CumLaude from Harvard University in Economics. Later on he would be known to the general public through appareances on the Free to Choose series, interviews-discussions with William F Buckley, Hoover Institution interviews, Sowell's books and more.
Anecdote: He was a Marxist throughout all his youth, even when taking his Ph.D in Chicago with Milton Friedman as a teacher. However, one summer working as an intern for the Department of Labor made him assume that the general interest and the government interest weren't on the same line.
1939 - Moves to Harlem, NYC. Raised by his great-aunt and her two daughters.
1958 - Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University.
1968 - Earned Ph.D. in Economics from University of Chicago.
1963-80 - Taught Economics at Howard University, Cornell University, Brandeis University, and UCLA.
1980 - Becomes Senior Fellow at Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
June, 2020 - Published 37th first edition book at 90 years old.
2021 Biographic movie: "Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World"
A T.Sowell quote: “The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
Anecdote: He was a Marxist throughout all his youth, even when taking his Ph.D in Chicago with Milton Friedman as a teacher. However, one summer working as an intern for the Department of Labor made him assume that the general interest and the government interest weren't on the same line.
1939 - Moves to Harlem, NYC. Raised by his great-aunt and her two daughters.
1958 - Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University.
1968 - Earned Ph.D. in Economics from University of Chicago.
1963-80 - Taught Economics at Howard University, Cornell University, Brandeis University, and UCLA.
1980 - Becomes Senior Fellow at Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
June, 2020 - Published 37th first edition book at 90 years old.
2021 Biographic movie: "Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World"
A T.Sowell quote: “The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
"I thought that controlling wages and prices could improve people's lives until I was introduced to Thomas Sowell"
Thomas Sowell by Clup May 20, 2021
ring swell
Guy 1: Yo, what's with Sheila? She's packin on the pounds.
Guy 2: She's off the market and got that ring swell going on.
Guy 2: She's off the market and got that ring swell going on.
ring swell by deangelo barksdale April 2, 2011
jack skellington
King of Halloween Town. Brilliant, maniacal, soulful, with a singing voice to die for.
The embodiment of the phrase Dead Sexy
The embodiment of the phrase Dead Sexy
Oh somewhere deep inside of these bones, an emptiness began to grow. There's something out there far from my home. A longing that I've never known.
Eureka! This year, Christmas will be ours!
Eureka! This year, Christmas will be ours!
jack skellington by Tephers July 27, 2004
skwerl
A squirrel that's part of an evil conspiracy to conquer the Earth and manipulate Acorn supplies to their diabolical advantage.
skwerl by Ross Archer March 13, 2003
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Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.
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