Word: grab
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...lunch hour on a luminous spring day at Berkeley High School's open campus--the perfect time to stroll to Extreme Pizza on nearby Shattuck Avenue, grab a Coke, order some pizza heaped with sausage and sit in the California sun. But in Berkeley High's lunchroom, lines of students are waiting patiently for--get this--cafeteria food. The longest line--now get this--is for salad. "This is only my second time eating school lunch," says junior Fennis Brown, 17. "I've always been put off by cafeteria food. But when I saw a friend eating it, I thought...
...asphalt where two major bus routes meet to form a bowtie-shaped intersection hazardous to pedestrians. But in its modesty there is a sense of community that Harvard Square lost long ago. Inexpensive housing rings the crossroads; in the mornings, residents, many of them optimistic immigrants hoping to grab a piece of the American dream, greet each other in the Dunkin’ Donuts, on the way to work. Unused warehouses and office space line some streets, but far more are filled with identical row houses, with children playing in cramped side yards. Neighbors hold conversations from their porches...
...theme to watch on this primary day is the fate of some famous political heirs. In New Jersey, Tom Kean, Jr., the son of former Republican Governor and 9/11 Commission Co-Chairman Tom Kean, is expected to grab the GOP nomination for governor. In Alabama, the son of the late Gov. George C. Wallace will probably win the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. And in Iowa, the leading Democrat in the state's gubernatorial primary is Secretary of State Chet Culver, son of the state's longtime senator Dick Culver. If he wins, Culver would face Republican Congressman Jim Nussle...
...likes of Brown and Navy. In the annual meet between the Big Three of the Ivy League—Harvard, Yale, and Princeton—the Crimson unofficially declared its dominance in the league, winning 14 of the 19 races in the meet. Sophomore Pat Quinn helped Harvard grab key points in that meet with a second-place finish, upsetting Princeton’s Will Reinhart and lighting a fire under the Crimson swimmers. Yet, the big performance of the day came from co-captain Dave Cromwell, who set a pool record in the 200-yard backstroke...
...Concession's sycamore-lined streets to my favorite hole-in-the-wall eatery, Jishi, on Tianping Road. Adventurous eaters can dig their chopsticks into Jishi's signature braised fish head nestled in deep-fried scallions. Desserts and after-dinner drinks aren't the strong suit of Chinese cuisine, so grab a cab across the Huangpu River to Cloud 9, the Grand Hyatt's 87th-floor bar, whose superlative status as the highest drinking establishment in the world perfectly captures the city's lofty ambitions...