Word: avoiders
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...haze of sweet cigarette smoke hangs over an oval-shaped table around which sit 16 players. I take a slim silver case from the pile on a tray offered by a waitress. It flips open to reveal a card which is not that of a "killer." I try to avoid breathing a sigh of relief. Then the judge's voice rings out over the sound system, "It's night, everybody close your eyes." I belatedly reach for my gray, Darth Vader-style robot mask which makes it impossible to see what is about to happen next...
Oggi’s atmosphere straddles the line between casual and upscale, which appeals to students who want to avoid a crowd...
...Similarly, students can encourage HUDS to buy organic produce as often as possible by eating the organic fruits and veggies that dining halls already offer. Organic farmers avoid contaminating rain and groundwater by growing crops without the use of pesticides. Because of this, food can appear to be visually unappealing even though it is safer for the planet. But students should not feel turned off by a blemished tomato or strangely shaped apple; though they may be less attractive, organic fruits and vegetables often taste fresher than their chemically treated counterparts. Every time one student chooses a slightly smaller?...
...Sunday mornings spent in church, obligatory dietary restrictions, and even a baseline belief in God. Thanks to cartoonish caricatures of Evangelicals in the media, religion immediately connotes images, in the minds of the self-styled intellectuals at Harvard, of provincialism, stupidity, and Republican Party politics—things to avoid...
...remain ambiguous as to what that occasion might be. Lights during December traditionally signal Christmas, even when arranged in no particular pattern, but the Cambridge decorations seem to imply some other holiday by their strangeness: something new, something different, something starkly conscious of a Christian heritage they carefully avoid recalling...