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...rotating closure system where houses would take turns closing for different meals or portions of meals, HUDS would be able to move staff and shifts in order to accommodate serving dinner to later hours. But Mayer notes that while this solves the problem of keeping costs for staffing flat, it does not address the cost of the additional food students would consume in lieu of the meals they buy out after 7:15 p.m. now. It would also cut down on in-house social time, since students would occasionally have to eat in other houses when their dining halls were...
...four in each of the final five races of the competition. “It was a very, very breezy weekend, so we had an advantage because compared to the other boats we were a little lighter and a little stronger, and able to keep the boat fairly flat,” Lynch said. “It’s a very different game depending on how much breeze there is, and given that it was so breezy, Clay and I had an advantage, and we were able to put on a lot of speed...
...mundane. "The tax system here is driving us all to hell," says Max Wirtz, 37, the owner of an event-management agency. "Everything is too regulated." His friend Matthias, 37, nods in agreement and says what attracted him to the conservative Christian Democratic Party was a radical idea: a flat tax. "I wasn't thinking of voting for them up to that point," he says. "But that tax idea was cool...
...psychedelic lyrics like “A kitten on fire/a baby in a blender” confirm a noticeable change in the group’s sensibility. But despite James’ voice and the enthusiasm that the band put into each track, several tracks on the album fall flat. “Gideon” and “Anytime,” for example, are visceral but disappointingly derivative of Coldplay, flawlessly executed but too slickly produced. “What a Wonderful Man” is boring, candyfloss pop that acknowledges Wilco?...
...front of mom and dad and to fail to appreciate the beauty of the show’s more subtle moments. But more important than using this particular show as an educational tool is finding something that will effectively motivate kids to think outside their 30-inch flat-screen—even if that requires first allowing them to turn it on. Theodore S. Grant ’08, a Crimson editorial comper, is a history concentrator in Cabot House...