Word: baring
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...exec and comp director William Y. Weaver ’98-’03 loves the fresh meat. Enticing the next generation of sultry semanticists to a Saturday soiree with promises of drunken debauchery, Weaver proceeded to embark upon eight bare-assed circumnavigations of the Quad. Said one underwhelmed comper, “Nice route, Magellan.” Shuddered another, “You know, Will really shouldn’t do that?...
...become compulsively watchful, and some may begin dulling all these feelings with alcohol or drugs. Left alone, PTSD can become completely disabling. Treatment with a trained therapist, however, can be marvelously straightforward. Reliving the experiences in a controlled way--by talking about them, calling them up and laying them bare--strips them of their power to harm. Gradual exposure to the things that trigger anxiety--elevators, skyscrapers, airplanes--can also help. In some cases, so may antidepressants...
...jobs--unless you need to suit up every day against an adversary like fire. He made some spectacular rescues, including a courageous save as a lieutenant in 1991 on the roof of a midtown office building: Brown and two of his men held an inch-thick rope in their bare hands and, straining and skidding toward the parapet, lowered two fire fighters, one at a time, down into black, billowing smoke; each man grabbed a panicky victim from a windowsill perch. The lunchtime crowd below went wild with relief...
...positioned for the next scene, and the air has warmed up considerably. To have a different appearance, I change my bathing suit and go bare-chested. I suddenly regret not having done 500 sit-ups a day for the past six months. Again, I am reading my book, this time in the hot sun on the opposite side of the pool...
...what was supposed to be a rally against current government criminal policies on marijuana, there was a wave of support for America instead. People wore red, white, and blue, as well as black arm bands. American flags were waved in the crowd, on stage, and draped over bare torsos. Chants of “USA! USA!” were common between songs at the main stage, as if what had happened on Sept. 11 was a hockey victory instead of an enormously devastating human tragedy. In addition to the outpouring of support, there was plenty of criticism; some tactful...