Word: ades
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...green cupola, behind a wall on Bolshaya Ordynka (No. 38). It looks medieval but was built in 1912 by Alexei Shchusev, one of the most prolific architects of his time. He later designed Lenin's mausoleum and the hideous Moskva Hotel near Red Square, with its asymmetrical façade. Shchusev's career embodies the compromises that many intellectuals made during the Soviet period. And the church, now an icon-restoration workshop not officially open to the public, has its own tragic history. It was closely associated with the charities founded by Grand Duchess Elizabeth, Nicholas II's half-English...
...While the façade and quiet front room resemble those of a traditional Irish pub, the back bar and its dance floor are quite another scene. Tufts students and a few locals relax at some of the readily available tables in the front room; those who wish to see and be seen make their way through the line to the back room, where backwards white baseball caps abound. The young clientele and pushy mob around the bar may remind some upperclassmen of nights at the late Crimson Sports Grille, particularly as Tufts girls dressed to the nines sashay around...
...located in the vast attic of one of the best-known of them, the Casa Milà, in Barcelona's elegant Passeig de Gràcia. An example of this relationship is that Catalans unflatteringly dubbed the Casa Milà La Pedrera "the quarry," for its stone façade...
Ricky, played by Justin A. Erlich ’03, is just out of high school and has accepted the uninteresting job of selling cars for his father. Though cool and collected on the outside, his façade hides insecurities regarding both girls and his lackluster future. His best friend from high school, Clint (Michael T. O’Neill ’03), is now a college freshman, a little unworldly but still proud to be seeking a higher education. Together, they are beer guzzling and overconfident—the sort of guys that rate girls...
...social organizations. By taking five classes each semester for the past three years she has already completed the requirements for her economics concentration. Peng is now finishing up her cores and taking some courses related to East Asia. And yet the sense of calm is purely a façade. Peng is so engrossed with applying for jobs that she is forced to invest more time on packaging herself than on studying advanced Chinese. As most seniors going through the recruiting process would agree, an A on their transcript will not matter a few months down the line as much...