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...This fa??ade of political correctness and even generosity has not gone unnoticed. I can’t even begin to count the times that Lebanese people have welcomed me into their stores or houses to talk and relax. Visiting the southern city of Sidon, a friend and I were given sweet pastries to try, free of charge, by the beaming store owner. Everyone from desk clerks at the bank where I cash my traveler’s checks to the guy who makes me awesome nutella crepes on the street has only one demand for Uncle Sam: give...
...course, there are plenty of sophomores who seem happy (although, as any Slumper will tell you, anyone who seems to enjoy themselves must certainly be crumbling beneath their fa??ade, or be completely naïve in their irrational bliss). I don’t intend to make light of those who suffer serious depression or personal problems. But for many sophomores, in a very real way, The Slump has got them...
...inspires many of his fashion ideas. "I go around and look at architecture and then come home and Google it to find out what it is," he says. Among his favorite architectural landmarks in Milan are the interior garden of Fratelli Soncino's 1960s Palazzo Campari and the travertine fa??ade of the Borsa (Stock Exchange). "I find it more challenging to go to a town which is considered ugly and find beautiful things," says Maier. "Every city has its heydays and its low days, and architecture follows that." For home furnishings, he shops at places like the EntrataLibera contemporary...
Cheers and chants filled the air, and many demonstrators screamed at the top of their lungs, standing in the shadow of the Mass. State House’s golden dome and red-brick fa?...
...This is in contradistinction to Quincy House, less than a block away, with its obscenely ugly brick fa??ade and food which The Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard describes as “pretty wretched” and “among the worst on campus.” Thus it is perfectly logical that first-years stranded far away from Annenberg would prefer Adams House to its neighbors like Quincy—their eschewing an icy winter trek to Annenberg being reasonable as well...