Word: beckoned
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...rain. Black clouds ahead, I hurried through a Tribeca street, vainly attempting to speed ahead of the menacing roars of thunder bellowing from New Jersey. My worried eye met an amused server behind the cupcake display in a café. I faltered, looked behind me, and obeyed her brief beckon to rescind my futile mission. Of course, she got some business, but she also knew that I would not out-maneuver the elements, and she nodded approvingly as I sank into a chair. Over the steam of a cup of coffee and a prime view of a spectacular water show...
...their sanity and their academic careers to the existence of a 24-hour library during the school week. Nearly three years since Harvard College Library (HCL) first approved a 24/5 Lamont, students continue to use the library for quiet study space on school nights, when exams and paper deadlines beckon. It is now time to extend that promise to Friday and Saturday nights. The onset of reading period erodes the distinction between weekdays and weekends. Classes no longer meet during the week, and finals are administered on Saturdays as well as weekdays. During exam period, HCL tries to accommodate students?...
Fantastic's offices in the commercial district are a stone's throw from the old town center, a cluster of medieval buildings overlooking the lake and snowy peaks of the Rigi and Pilatus mountains. Winding pedestrian streets beckon with restaurants and tea rooms, where the local specialty is Zuger Kirschtorte, a sponge cake soaked in cherry liqueur and sprinkled with powdered sugar. You can try it at the Confiserie Speck--which is also a place where you might just spot Marc Rich...
...quote sections, challenges us to recognize that we are “powerful beyond measure.” Interpreted a certain way, it inflames leaders-in-waiting with an enviable passion to bestow their wisdom on a waiting world: Dependent on political leanings, Capitol Hill or the World Bank beckon. Yet not unlike the bright-eyed bureaucrats sent to Iraq in order to engineer a new (democratic!) constitution, only a conviction in their own goodness prevents them from recognizing the elitism of their endeavor. What Harvardian narcissism defies, yet what the world needs, in place of enlightened leaders assigned...
...course, when sunny beaches beckon you to leave frosty Cambridge behind, that is a tough pill to swallow. When the thermometer doesn’t hit 30 for weeks, even the strongest-willed environmentalist says “bring it on” to global warming. But you may think twice when you realize that your favorite place to spend time outdoors—be it a snow covered mountain or a sunny beach—could be meaningfully altered by the time your children want to enjoy it, and your decisions may be contributing to its demise...