Word: couches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard students play video games? Avid players cite procrastination as their chief reason for continual play. Chris R. Stackich '01 claims, "We play whenever we have work due." Playing consecutive games is easy--the press of a button resets the game--and getting off the couch can be difficult, especially when all that beckons is schoolwork...
...flippant dismissal of the Nagano Winter Olympic Games (Sports, Feb. 18) is narrow-minded, to say the least. The Winter Olympics are a display of human athletic talents pitted against harsh elements. I am a huge fan of the Winter Games and often bring my books to the couch in the common room and watch for hours. When I can't catch the prime-time coverage, I sometimes stay up for the late-night coverage...
MOVE IT! A major 20-year study on exercise confirms it: you've got to get off the couch. The research, conducted on twins, shows that just half an hour of vigorous exercise twice a week can cut in half the risk of early death...
...couch was purchased by a friend of Lipman's for $100 from a homeless shelter in Porter Square, and was subsequently sold to Lipman. Made of artificial wood and stuffed with straw, the roommates agree that the couch feels "very uncomfortable." "Its definitely form over function," adds Lipman...
...took advantage of the design opportunities that dormitory life gave me. By my sophomore year, I had really begun to innovate. I discovered that my room could accommodate a large couch. I covered its garish pattern with a large blanket. I got a coffee table and hid a contraband DeLonghi toaster-oven in it. I never used the oven; it just made me feel subversive. I also had an oriental rug and make-shift halogen spot lights which I turned on and off with a remote control. Sometimes the seniors would steal the clicker and conduct a light show...