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...King Crimson while smoking it. Who are King Crimson, anyway? And how did they steal our school color? BOWL: Moderate—they don’t wash often, but they walk about in a cloud of patchouli, so it all balances out.Joining the legions of this exalted flock can be fun, challenging, and most of all exciting. In order to do so without looking like a freak, I give you:THREE TIPS:1) Do not go bra-less. It’s painful and a bit too retro for the sensibilities of modern-day Granola men and women.2...
...worker who has spent most of his life in the town. "The wheat harvest is about to start and they'll need all the storage space available." As well, cotton has been planted and in coming weeks, under a harsh sun, teams of casual workers, known as "chippers," will flock to the vast fields to remove weeds from the crop. Dahlstrom, like many other indigenous people, has relied on this work for extra pre-Christmas cash. He's traveled the country as a fruit picker, where his blue eyes and fair hair left him indistinguishable from the Scandinavian backpackers...
During the first week of classes every September, hundreds of Harvard students flock to the Fogg Museum in hopes of choosing from the best selection of prints. According to Susan Dackerman, Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints, the program offers artwork by young, emerging artists as well as works by famous artists like Joan Miro and Robert Rauschenberg...
...offering, “I’m from Hamden, Conn., just outside New Haven,” isn’t worth much on the New York social exchange. This emphasis continues beyond those first weeks of freshman year. Regardless of their professional aspirations, grads flock to the city’s bright lights and high energy. Undergrads flee there during summers to boost their résumés, in hopes of becoming the New York graduate...
...ravaged Rwanda and Georgia. "I thought we should leave a few of the rusted tanks and missile launchers out there on the fairways as a testament to history," McNeill says, "but Afzal said, 'No, it's time for a new chapter.'" Afzal cleared away land mines by borrowing a flock of sheep from a nomad and setting them loose on the course. A few were blown up, but Afzal's philosophy is, Better dead sheep than dead golfers. (He paid the nomad for the lost sheep.) The United Nations later turned the course into a training area for mine-sniffing...