Word: gearing
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Final projects and torrential downpours have brought the groovy train to a grinding halt. As spring formal season kicks into high gear, we’re still kicking ourselves for not scoring an invitation to the Senior Soiree. Redemption comes in the form of the fabled Keezer’s Dodecathlon: attending all 12 house formals in one fell swoop. The last person to attempt this Olympian feat drowned in an abyss of mixed punch and remixed pop. It can be done: provided you mind your...
...definitely helped [in breaking the school record]," Taylor said. "It's always an extra gear when Lindsay's in the lane next...
...stretched out in the lower double, rocked luxuriously by the train's rhythm, starting awake briefly now and then to the thump of new passengers' gear being stowed and beds being made up. At dawn, after 10 stops, most of which we had slept through, we woke to peer down at the muddy train yard at Memphis, Tenn., where an engine problem kept us longer than scheduled. The lyrics of the Steve Goodman song ran through my head: "Changin' trains in Memphis, Tennessee, halfway home, we'll be there by morning, through the Mississippi darkness rollin' down...
...After the timeout, though, the Crimson stole the momentum from the Engineers with thunderous kills by Denham and senior outside hitter Joe Herger. Harvard's floor defense also kicked into gear with Pankau coming up big with insulting blocks...
...SLEEP LATER With their campaigns in high gear, the presidential candidates have little time for decent slumber. Those acquainted with sleep deprivation offer some advice on how to keep going...