Word: hammerism
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...committee to rewrite the report in a gentler tone.“It was some kind of outraged response that seemed a bit over the top to most of us on the student council at the time—like hitting a small question with a big hammer,” said council-member Abe F. Lowenthal ’61, now a professor of international relations at the University of Southern California.Whether students were outraged at the idea of loyalty oaths or not, the political and social climate at the time seems to have stifled any potential engagement?...
...first the government needs to get the teachers back to work. On Wednesday, union bosses are due to sit down with the local authorities in Berlin to hammer out a new pay deal. Another strike is planned for that day, and if there's no deal, more walkouts are expected. In the meantime, some councils have set up "emergency kindergartens" staffed by non-union members for strike days. In other parts of the country, parents have teamed up to organize alternative day-care arrangements; others are taking a day's vacation to stay home with the kids...
Crab Heaven. If you've never cracked open a Chesapeake Bay blue crab, pick up a hammer. The Five Gables Inn and Spa in St. Michaels, Md., is offering a Spa and Sail package that includes a two-hour sail, a one-hour massage for two and a certificate for a dozen blue crabs and a pitcher of beer at a local restaurant. If you can go midweek (Sunday through Thursday), the rate is $570 for two nights, including continental breakfast; on weekends, the rate goes up to $770 for two nights. 209 North Talbot Street, St. Michaels...
...miners looking for comfort and company and something familiar.”When the group started struggling, Mohamed says she helped resuscitate Gumboots, taking over its teaching and choreography, in addition to helping with costumes.She recounts collecting bottle tops from the pubs around Cambridge, using a nail and hammer to make shakers for the group’s boots. She said that the bottle tops and shakers were supposed to represent the chains of the miners.Even though Gumboots was a part of the Harvard African Student Association when she joined, and included many African students, Mohamed says the group also...
...school record in its preliminary heat. Its time of 8:51.13 on Saturday bested the previous school record of 8:52.52, set in 2006 by a group that included Ng and O’Callaghan as freshman. Also highlighting the weekend, sophomore Eric Clayman notched a seventh-place hammer toss of 59.27 meters, earning him a bid to the NCAA Regionals taking place in two weeks. “He had a big big breakthrough performance,” Saretsky said. “He really nailed his technique down when it mattered, and it’s great...