Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...walls and pink plastic lane dividers make this bowling establishment a palace where tackiness reigns supreme. Inside Lanes and Games, kids frolic and dance down the polished runways and shouts of delight permeate the air. To keep spirits high, the management provides "bumper bowling" for those who can't avoid the menacing gutter-ball...
...card access for Quincy is in the works. What they tell you: "This way, when you're studying with your friends in Quincy, you don't have to call on the outdoor phone to be let in." What they really mean: "With your new, improved, universal slidey card, avoid all the embarassment of waiting outside for a late-night rendezvous with your Quincy House hookup pal." Too bad they don't offer the access to Wellesley students...
Watching people in short, pink outfits falling on their asses is a highly underrated entertainment concept. Although the figure skaters in An Evening With Champions may try to avoid any spills, at least one triple axle is bound to go sour. Be there to see it and laugh. 8 p.m., Bright Hockey Arena. 493-8172. $20 for adults, $10 for undergrads, children and seniors...
...question is: How does Harvard achieve its goal of consistently playing its disciplined style and avoid lapses? I don't have the answer...
...former top dog, doesn't go away quietly. Before the powerful editor abandoned his perch at one the largest book publishers in the country, he pulled off one of the savviest promotional stunts of his career--an idea even more inspired than his Primary Colors campaign. And to avoid direct criticism, he even had some of the most venerable names in modern literature and literary theory do his work...