Word: flew
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...weekend, parents could be seen helping their offspring carry luggage, boxes, and other assorted items from a motley collection of rental cars just outside the Yard on Saturday afternoon. Another student used the weekend as an opportunity to escape campus. Cameron R. Anaya ’11, whose parents flew in from Washington, said that he and his family traveled to many different parts of Massachusetts. “My parents didn’t want to sit through all of the lectures here because of my baby sister,” Anaya said...
Bloomberg also made headlines over the summer when he announced he was leaving the Republican Party to become an independent. Rumors flew that the popular mayor was considering a presidential run, but he has consistently denied...
...Voith led the squad with two goals.NAVY 7, HARVARD 5Boosted by the sheer virtue of having already defeated a team with iconic navy blue and gold colors, the Crimson had arguably its best game of the weekend in a losing result against the nationally ranked Midshipmen. No. 11 Navy flew out of the gates to a 4-0 lead early in the contest, but Harvard responded aggressively, scoring five unanswered goals to claim the lead for the first time late in the third period.“Navy had a lot of guys so they were just throwing fresh units...
...bomb” that made enemy soldiers mind-numbingly sexy to each other. (Sounds dangerous—and fabulous!) War-time orgies aside, the awards also mentioned a study on the effects of Viagra on jet-lagged hamsters. Diego A. Golombek, who conducted the study, flew in from Argentina to accept the Ig Nobel Aviation Prize. Why hamsters? Golombek explains, “We also tried it with worms...it didn’t work.” Ig Nobel Laureate and former Leverett House resident Francis M. Fesmire ’81 was also present. Fesmire won an award...
...Vanguard rocket that the U.S. hoped to send up that morning was a modest, --pencil-like thing, but in what was already the American fashion, we switched on the TV cameras to let the world watch the show. A show is what they got. The rocket flew for a total of 2 sec.--and traveled 4 ft. (1.2 m)--before eating itself in a fiery explosion. The global hilarity was immediate, but U.S. officials--who had much to learn about the science of rocketry but clearly knew plenty about the art of spin--would have none of it. Asked...