Word: fro
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first story, "Pauline's Passion and Punishment," for which she won $100 in a contest, begins briskly: "To and fro, like a wild creature in its cage, paced that handsome woman, with bent head, locked hands, and restless steps. Some mental storm, swift and sudden as a tempest of the tropics, had swept over her and left its marks behind...
...Harvard Square, of course! With branches of at least five major banks right here, robbers have a virtual smorgasbord. Armored cars cruise through Massachusetts Avenue at all hours, ripe for the picking. Crowds swarm in and out of buildings, automatic teller machines abound, payroll packets flit to and fro--it's a robber's paradise...
...introduction, this much-anticipated fount of sweetness has already made a dent in the life of Currier residents. Its popularity is evidenced by the high consumption rate which, according to Currier Dining Hall Supervisor Charlie Lambert,averages about 15 gallons per day. More than justproviding a tasty desert, fro-yo has affectedCurrier life in subtler ways. With names asstimulating as "Blissful Banana," "RadicalRaspberry" and "Just Peachy"--or "Simply Vanilla"for the mild at heart--the daily changing of theflavors adds extra flair to mealtimes...andbedtime. "It's better [than ice cream] forspreading on bodies," says one junior. "You know,milky...
Currier House's fro-yo experience can also beseen as a case study in the seductive power oftechnology, as revealed in the types of praisesome Currierites heap on "the machine." "Itprovides automatic gratification," says RashidaJones '97. "All you have to do is pull down thelever." Edward Shen '95 delights in the fact that"no matter what flavors they have, you can alwaysget that little twist in the yogurt when it comesout of the machine...
...appeal of efficiency, losingsight of the true gastronomic splendor of thedessert experience? What about the honest,rewarding work that goes into carving rock-solidice cream out of a bucket with a sticky scooper?If this seems hyperbolic, observe one student'ssuggestion that "Currier House should be renamed'Fro-Yo House,'" Casual joke or flagrant idolatry?The same student calls the process of servingfro-yo a "creative outlet; you get a chance tosculpt and relax at the end of your meal time."The simple act of trying to get a serpentine ropeof frozen desert to curl around the bottom of thedish...