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This is a story about two houses, one made of concrete and glass that looms imposingly over the Charles, and another made of wood and brick that sits among similar buildings along Mt. Auburn Street. In the last four years, I’ve been privileged enough to live, or at least socialize, in both. And as a kid from a rural community in central Texas, only incredible strokes of luck could have placed me in either of them.I was first introduced to the final clubs by the Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard, which featured nothing more than...
...night, you create a “pressure situation” in which you have to either make power moves or find yourself sleeping naked while sitting “Indian-style” behind a vending machine. You can either be clutch like MJ or throw up a brick, but either way you will rest easy knowing you played...
...have confirmed to TIME that the CIA has had covert detention centers in Thailand and Guantnamo Bay, which are no longer operating, and that the agency continues to run similar facilities in Afghanistan and Eastern Europe. In Afghanistan, the agency's prison was once located in an old brick factory near Kabul's airport, nicknamed the Salt Pit by the CIA and the Darkness Prison by inmates. Detainees who have escaped or been released from the prison claim they were kept in cold, dark cells underground, fed once every three days and sometimes chained wet and naked...
...less magical is Azambourg's Pack chair. It initially looks like a brick but, when shaken, inflates into a full-size chair within five minutes. The shaking activates an emulsion that causes a special polyurethane foam to expand, thus unfolding a 3-D textile made by knitting together two parallel wire-linked fabrics. Several firms are negotiating to produce the chair. Meanwhile, this fall, Herms will launch a series of ultralight suitcases, designed by Azambourg, that are fashioned from a unique mix of foam and leather...
Okay, sure, it’s actually a brick oven for making pizza in...but hey, it’s just as warm. Added perk: unlike an ordinary fireplace, it makes Italian food, so enjoy a slice of their delicious pizza to warm you inside as well...