Word: breaking
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...felt a little bad for Charlotte, who gets infected by the zombie virus. Poor Charlotte. She can't catch a break. Not only does she get stricken with this strange plague and slowly turn into a zombie, but people say horrible things about her in this version. Like, she should just be happy that she's invited to this dinner party, she's a spinster, she should expect nothing more than a crust of bread washed down with a cup of loneliness. Kind of playing up what Jane Austen had already put there...
...architecture and the break with traditions are beginning to influence designers in Muslim nations as well. Sometimes the change is simply a return to the religion's roots. Architect Zeynep Fadillioglu drew on her own experiences praying in mosques when designing the ultramodern Sakirin Mosque in Istanbul. "In the Prophet's time, men and women prayed next to each other," she says. "Lately, with the rise of political Islam everywhere, the women's sections have started to be covered up and boxed off. I've been in mosques like that, and I felt very uncomfortable...
...taking a quick break from stalking the Class of 2013 to bring you a recap of admissions results...
...think they could be for us, too. He turned to his people, just halfway, still not sure if he should smile or ask forgiveness.Sooner than I’d’ve thought came jerks and pants from the white folks. Usually I’d feel them break after I’d passed, but a few times they’d bubble up in front of me: heads turning round to scowl and simmer. The rustling of these early birds soon joined up with the clamoring hiss behind us—a legion of cicadas, banging away...
...experience of Harvard students,” Hammonds wrote in a preface to the report. She stressed that this goal would be realized in spite of “challenging economic times.” The administration’s commitment to the renovation project—slated to break ground in 2012—is significant in light of the cost of House renewal, which is projected to consume nearly four percent of the University’s shrunken endowment, or $1 billion. At the top of the list for proposed improvements to House life is improving...