Word: dismays
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...event: a suspension of the library’s normally staid atmosphere in honor of students’ new opportunity to study without interruption from Sunday morning to Friday night. To no one’s surprise, students have embraced this new schedule with overwhelming intensity. But to the dismay of a studious few and many of the library’s security guards, this intensity has not correlated in quiet reflection on Habermas and Drosophila genes; this intensity has been expressed in scenes of sheer outrageousness that rival even the best Harvard party. There are the traditional acts...
...ceiling window of his office in the new, $150-million-CGIS. “But if you had a billion dollars, you would not notice.”‘SAVING SHOELACES’The financial situation has forced the administration to rethink its funding priorities, to the dismay of some professors.Kirby has said that “students, by and large, will not experience this.” But even as Harvard infuses millions into student life enhancements such as the Lamont Café and Loker Pub, FAS has been cutting money elsewhere—including the elimination...
...about; it welcomed its 2 billionth visitor last week. And it is no stranger to tempestuous beginnings at an international park, at times caused by imposing a very American sensibility on foreign guests. When Disneyland Paris opened in 1992, Disney famously banned wine from park restaurants, much to the dismay of European bons vivants. In Hong Kong, Disney went out of its way to tailor the park to local tastes. Its "imagineers" installed Main Street's first Chinese eatery, along with Fantasy Gardens where Mickey Mouse, local favorite Mulan and other Disney characters reside so tourists can readily snap pictures...
...about; it welcomed its 2 billionth visitor last week. And it is no stranger to tempestuous beginnings at an international park, at times caused by imposing a very American sensibility on foreign guests. When Disneyland Paris opened in 1992, Disney famously banned wine from park restaurants, much to the dismay of European bons vivants. In Hong Kong, Disney went out of its way to tailor the park to local tastes. Its "imagineers" installed Main Street's first Chinese eatery, along with Fantasy Gardens where Mickey Mouse, local favorite Mulan and other Disney characters reside so tourists can readily snap pictures...
...Still Struggling in Kashmir Strangely enough, beauty with brains and guts is what comes to my mind when I think of Kashmir [April 17]. My assumptions about the war-broken land were completely proved wrong when I visited two years ago. I had expected to find dismay and destruction in this problematic region; instead I found an optimistic and budding economy trying to put its past behind it. To see Kashmir in ruins again pains me, but I know it will make a comeback. Urfa Suhaib Khan Lahore...