Word: drabs
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...Ahmad is eighteen. This is early April; again green sneaks, seed by seed, into the drab citys earthy crevices. He looks down from his new height and thinks that to the insects unseen in the grass he would be, if they had a consciousness like his, God. In the year past he has grown three inches, to six feetmore unseen materialist forces, working their will upon him. He will not grow any taller, he thinks, in this life or the next. If there is a next, an inner devil murmurs. What evidence beyond the Prophet's blazing and divinely inspired...
...airport a couple of hours before a scheduled departure. To ease the tedium of waiting (and retain the loyalty of sophisticated passengers), airlines have taken unprecedented pains over their airport lounges in recent years. Not so long ago, first-class and business-class travelers were shown to drab rooms with nothing but a self-serve bar and rack of newspapers to recommend them. These days, they're more likely to be offered a fashionable sanctuary, with spa, dining and business facilities to keep them happily occupied for hours. Some lounges, like Virgin Atlantic's new Heathrow Clubhouse, above, rival...
...before a scheduled departure. To ease the tedium of waiting (and retain the loyalty of sophisticated passengers), airlines have taken unprecedented pains over their airport lounges in recent years. Not so long ago, first-class and business-class travelers were shown [an error occurred while processing this directive] to drab rooms with nothing but a self-serve bar and rack of newspapers to recommend them. These days, they're more likely to be offered a fashionable sanctuary, with spa, dining and business facilities to keep them happily occupied for hours. Some lounges, like Virgin Atlantic's new Heathrow Clubhouse, rival...
...modern day. Aristophanes, or any Greek playwright for that matter, might easily be considered dry entertainment for college students on a weekend night. But the Classics Club stupendously jazzed up the 2500-year-old play and had the audience appreciatively guffawing every other minute. It was the drab gray of the past spray-painted into a florescent, glittery, upbeat production—without losing reverence or appreciation for Aristophanes’ original classic. “The Birds,” as its title hints, is in fact, all about birds. Two Athenians, who are on the run because they...
...design is an interesting move for designer Jess R. Burkle ’06, whose Mainstage production “Knock” estranges its audience with its large-scale set. A smaller scale suits this family drama, as the entire theater becomes the House of the play.The drab, yet fussy style of the costumes is well-suited to the characters’ reluctant gravity. Costume designer Sabrina Chou ’09 is wise to give each sister’s black dress different-colored frills, since this both helps distinguish the actors and suggests the tumult underlying their...