Word: 8th
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Surfing thefacebook.com. After identifying every potential romantic partner in her year and identifying their various class schedules, this student procrastinates even more by establishing groups based on a common name, identity or goal (see the groups My Name is Michael, Gaysia: the 8th Continent, and Students for the Secession of New England). Such procrastination makes students adept at spotting like others: who else would know that a particular passerby also loves Shakira...
...Battalion, 8th Regiment...
...record: 15-6-5, 8-11-3 ECAC (8th...
...moors ruled Andalucia in southern Spain from the 8th to 12th centuries, and among their more sybaritic legacies are the hammams (bathhouses) found in the city of Granada. They were originally inspired by Roman baths?but the Moorish versions took opulence to new heights, featuring stuccoed alcoves, lavish geometric mosaics and horseshoe arches. The functions of the hammams weren't strictly utilitarian either: they were used by both sexes as places to drink tea and socialize as well as maintain personal hygiene. For cloistered Muslim women, a morning at the hammam was a welcome chance to groom, gossip, and spot...
...souvenirs of their visits to the pleasure pits?even if they lacked the nerve to actually enter. To the occasion rose the wood-block printmaking business. At first its images were mainly black and white, as they had been almost since the art form arrived from China in the 8th century. By the early 1600s, printmakers had learned how to run a sheet of paper over two identical wood blocks, each one inked in a different color. By the 1740s several blocks were being used for a single picture, and luxurious calendars featuring polychrome prints became popular as New Year...