Word: closing
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...whose family was “away” (dead), was about to just toss out his Easter.Before I could even think to be scared I said, “Why don’t you just come sit with me and Daddy. We’re up real close so you shouldn’t have a problem hearing.”His smile deflated. He eyed me like I’d told him you could light your lamp with apple tea. “That’s real nice, Miss Winnie, but I don?...
Babson College students returned to class yesterday after the institution was forced to close for four days due to an outbreak of Norovirus. The gastrointestinal virus, which can induce diarrhea, nausea, and stomach pains, had infected more than 80 students by last Saturday and still had a handful of patients trickling into Babson’s campus infirmary as of Tuesday. Although 15 infected students had to be transported to local hospitals, the worst appears to be over. “[The Wellesley Board of Health and the Wellesley Health Department have] both expressed full support for our decision...
...totally right. “Nothing to Worry About” is contagious and compelling—all in all, a better song than “Young Folks.” If only the rest of the songs on “Living Thing” had come close to matching the single’s riotous energy and imagination, we would have had a real winner on our hands. “Living Thing” starts off with the shimmering synths and brutal drum machine beats of opener “The Feeling.” Spasmodic...
...insight into where the band might go next. “Dragon Queen” flirts a little too much with disco beats and is the sort of song that fans of the band may have feared would be produced by abandoning guitars in favor of keyboards. Fortunately, the closing duo, “Hysteric” and “Little Shadow,” ensure the album closes on a high. The former is surprisingly close in sound to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ career highlight “Maps,” offering a restrained...
...tour guide who makes his living at the Temple of the Holy Tooth; a Syrian boy whose playground includes the al-Jami al-Kabir mosque in Damascus; and a Pakistani man who, when asked if he felt closer to Muhammad after beholding the Prophet's purported whiskers, simply replied, "Close? I cannot be close. I come to remind me how far it is I must...