Word: brief
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...exchange network like HomeLink or Intervac, which are the largest and have been around for 40 years. There are also a growing number of newer exchange services cropping up on the Internet. For an annual fee, usually under $100, your home or apartment is listed by location with a brief description of its amenities and occupants. You can also note the cities or countries you would like to visit and the times of the year you would like...
...After Departure Lounge's brief set, Hitchcock took to the stage alone, strumming his way through the opening song of Jewels, the misanthropic "Mexican God," on which he waxes Learian about "Moonly-lit cop-crashed garlic and babies." Hitchcock then embarked on a rambling between-song odyssey, describing two almost identical pumpkins standing beside each other on a lake shore, admiring each other. "It must be totally horrendous to be in love with something so like yourself," he remarked before launching into the next song. The songs themselves were a mix of old and new work (Hitchcock describes the show...
...last a week in my backpack. What students actually need is a one-piece poster with a simple map and a table of all the hours, phone numbers, collections, and lending policies of the libraries. On the reverse side, it could include a map of Widener, or a brief summary of important HOLLIS commands. If it were made of good laminated cardboard stock, students could fold it up and put it in their backpacks or tape it on their wall next to the Harvard Shuttle schedule. That concise approach was lost on the creators of the folder...
However, as was my initial suspicion, and supported last week by a brief article in The Crimson's FM magazine, it appears that students' interest was not the first priority in this project; rather, the folders were originally created for a fundraising project (targeting alumni, our parents, Harvard budget-makers). You can see it in the tinsel-text, in the matte photographs, in the half-hearted attempt at a user's guide and especially in the crisp little compliments card...
...figure is Uncle Duke, the Thompson-inspired ne'er-do-well of the strip whose exploits have included countless drug trips, a brief stint as Governor of American Samoa and a classic turn as dean of Caribbean medical school, where students pioneered the transplant of a liberal heart into a conservative body (doctors were sure it was liberal heart because the body had been pulled from a Volvo). I often turn to Duke, my Trudeau talisman, for inspiration when writing papers, studying Greek or just seeking the meaning of life. For in my opinion, the answers...