Word: carli
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When no one claimed responsibility, band mom Alice "Mom" Tondel, a small lady who was in her sixties, stepped out and shouted "I am in charge!" The police officer made an about face, sat down on the curb behind his car, and started laughing. "Go, get out of here," he shooed them through tears...
...Rylan M. Hamilton '02 also discovered the loophole of Peabody Terrace after getting no response from the infamous lottery and going over to the parking office to challenge their ticketing of his car. He ended up with an uncovered spot on the roof of the Terrace...
...When Nitze, who is a Crimson Editor, bought a new car, he naturally needed a spot. At the parking office, explains Nitze, an employee casually asked, "Do you mind telling me what kind of car you have?" Nitze name-dropped the name of a high-end luxury vehicle. "With a car like that," the employee responded, "you should get any spot you want." When Nitze inquired about the lottery, he was told, "Don't listen to them, listen to me," and presented with a choice between Peabody Terrace and DeWolfe. Without entering the lottery...
...Considering the car-owning elite, Whittingham says, "Forget that they're at Harvard, or they're getting the education of a lifetime, or whatever you're doing--it's just about access to a car." He adds, "Parking at Harvard is a much, much bigger issue." However, playing fair, for either side, does not seem to be a concern...
...instance, the Boston dialect is commonly thought to be in immediate danger of disappearing, but the traditional linguistic features associated with it have been replaced by new distinctive characteristics. A Bostonian might not say "cah" any more - for car - but they will say potato puff for tater tot. Sprinkles will be jimmies. And they'll use terms like "triple-decker" and "grinder," which don't really appear outside of the region. Vaux says he could probably identify where a person is from, by asking under ten questions regarding such idiosyncracies in language. He explains that one of the main reasons...