Word: burnt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mann '00. The dingy, poorly-lit hallways on the upper floors have been rearranged, and the rather grey ground floor has been redecorated. Bright colors and unfinished wood permeate every aspect of the new decor. Walls throughout the building sport colors ranging from light beige to olive green and burnt orange. Sunlight reaches nearly every room, and in addition to the lighting in classrooms and offices, lights along interior hallways even illuminate the ceiling. The study carrels on the fifth floor receive light from the skylights and are a welcome alternative to Lamont. Even the basement is warm and bright...
Although woods are a rarity in and around Harvard Square, even by taking brisk walk along the Charles, you can immerse yourself in the Boston of burnt orange leaves, sunny days and chilly nights and the occasional sniff of burning wood. The physical beauty conjures up images of pilgrims, Puritans and preachers. Boston in the fall can be a symbol for rugged individualism; man conquers nature and reaps the harvest fruits and vegetables for which he says thanks in late November. Hay-rides, horses and apple-picking are all lingering nostalgia for Boston's agrarian past...
...Though A.D.s are not necessarily unusual--the FAA issues 400 a year for problems of varying degrees of urgency--several of those issued on the MD-11 refer to potential fire hazards. A 1996 advisory mandated the installation of an extra control-cable guard in response to "reports of burnt electrical wire cable in the cabin attendant console that was caused by the chafing of the wire cables." Another, in 1997, sought to correct "chafing of wire bundles" that could cause smoke in the cockpit...
Christina's offers a Cambridge original: Burnt Sugar ice cream, a flavor developed by a Lesley College professor who came here from Cambridge, England. Burnt Sugar tastes just like the top of a creme brulee. Its texture is firm, smooth and dense--just what an ice cream should be. Like some of the other flavors we tried, it would be just as tasty in the midst of a cold, icy Harvard winter. You do need to know, though, that Burnt Sugar is not overpoweringly sweet--in fact, it has a bitter edge...
...going to go to some high-tech consulting career, because that's what I thought I was supposed to do, but I've been really burnt out," she says...