Word: float
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Even the wimpiest Harvard students harbor dreams of Muhammed Ali glory. But few are brave enough to float like butterflies and sting like bees. FM’s Véronique E. Hyland takes a ringside seat in Harvard’s own version of Fight Club—boxing practice...
...sprawling kitchen is completely exposed to the view of restaurant patrons, and at the center of the dining area a massive 1500-gallon lobster tank makes for an impressive focal point. Families line the sides of long wooden picnic benches, while smaller parties occupy the vinyl-coated booths. Balloons float merrily in the air, adding to the already circus-like area. Looking around with a smile, John admits, “If you’re looking for a quiet experience, it’s not going to happen...
...promised highlight of the three-day bash was a Friday afternoon parade. But the closest thing to Rio's sumptuous Samba schools was a float from a local Brazilian restaurant, with two dusky dancers and a band. The rest of the dozen or so floats looked hastily cobbled together from tinfoil, and the bulk of the parade comprised local schoolchildren...
They may not have walked on the moon, but four Harvard students have gotten to float weightlessly and “do Matrix moves” in the air—while potentially changing the way NASA astronauts administer...
...color of dried blood, illuminating blasted trees and pitted khaki sludge. In The Menin Road (1919) Nash depicts the ravaged battleground almost as a Renaissance altarpiece, complete with symbolism and grand scale. In the foreground, the sickly light reflects off a flooded shellhole in which a uniform and helmet float, surrounded by rusty fronds of barbed wire, concrete blocks and curls of corrugated iron. The many limbless trees have more presence than the two small humans who scuttle across the canvas. Its wide angle and transformation of horror into almost-beauty conveys emotional impact in a way no photograph...