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...There's a sound track to snowboarding too, as each rider selects a song (from a pre-approved list) to play during his or her run, although most of the riders were listening to their own tunes. Kass had the AC/DC cranked - in part so he could drown out the crowd noise. The contrast between "Hells Bells" and John Williams' official Olympic theme could not have been greater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At These Games, X Marks the Sports | 2/20/2002 | See Source »

...luck with the job market? Dreading the prospect of supporting yourself? Never fear, you can still have fun. There are plenty of cost-friendly places to go drown your sorrows and boost your ego. First, try Mary Ann’s (Beacon Street, near the corner of Beacon Street and Chestnut Hill Avenue), the archetypal college bar. Cash goes a long way at Mary Ann’s, where beers run less than $2. Radiating the energy of the Grille in its pre-Red Line days, this Boston College hangout offers sloppy hookups aplenty. Although you may not have...

Author: By Elaine C. Kwok, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Celebration or Humiliation | 2/7/2002 | See Source »

...shopping and little Jimmy’s bad grades and get lost with a neurotic Russell Crowe, or Gandalf, Frodo and some pesky rings. This year will prove no different—audiences have the same variety of Oscar hopefuls and escapist blockbusters to offset their burning desire to drown yuletide angst with too much eggnog. The following are some of the standouts for this season...

Author: By Clint J. Froehlich, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Holiday Film Preview | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...aplomb, not least because it is a respite from the dense bells-and-whistles approach of the rest of the album. You almost feel like you’re overhearing Yorke singing himself to sleep in his hotel room after the show: “I’ll drown my beliefs / To have you be in peace / I’ll dress like your niece / To wash your swollen feet / Just don’t leave, don’t leave.” In the end, this is an album that fans will love, and that will continue...

Author: By Andrew R. Iliff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: They Might Be Wrong | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

...Harvard in Riverside, but given the monstrous buildings they have built in our neighborhood (e.g. Peabody Terrace, Leverett Towers, Mather House), we believe such resentment is called for. Harvard is like a flood. It will inexorably expand wherever it is allowed to. Left to its own devices, Harvard will drown the Riverside neighborhood. We believe that it is entirely reasonable and legal for the city of Cambridge to exert some control over Harvard’s expansion...

Author: By Phyllis Baumann, Bridget Dinsmore, and Alec Wysoker, S | Title: Riverside Committee Not a Rubber Stamp | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

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