Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

ex-GIsvying

English answer:

ex-GIs vying

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-04-07 02:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Apr 3, 2012 12:06
12 yrs ago
English term

ex-GIsvying

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Manny, I also learned, had worked his way through school, served in the Navy and graduated premed from NYU. To avoid the glut of ex-GIsvying for spots in overcrowded U.S. medical schools, he chose the University of Zurich, even though it meant wrestling with lectures in German and classroom discussions in Schweizerdeutsch. Manny, who ascribed some of his success to my help as a translator, was the first young man I dated who made me think of the future. Before summer vacation, I taught Manny to ski. When we returned for our second year, I started plotting how to get rid of his other female admirers.
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4 +9 ex-GIs vying
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Non-PRO (2): Cilian O'Tuama, Yvonne Gallagher

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+9
9 mins
Selected

ex-GIs vying

demobilised/former US soldiers competing for...

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Note added at 10 mins (2012-04-03 12:16:20 GMT)
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For "soldiers", read "military personnel".
Peer comment(s):

agree P.L.F. Persio
7 mins
agree Jack Doughty
8 mins
agree Darius Saczuk
18 mins
agree Veronika McLaren
29 mins
agree Martin Riordan
58 mins
agree jccantrell
2 hrs
agree Phong Le
2 hrs
agree Melanie Nassar
4 hrs
agree Susanne DeVore
10 hrs
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