Word: holidaying
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...could clean it up,” Martin said. The dust resulted from ongoing construction to make the House more accessible for disabled students, according to Robert Mitchell, spokesman for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The construction, which began over spring break and will proceed through the summer holiday, will make Quincy one of the most handicap-accessible Houses along with Currier and Pforzheimer. Even with Quincy dining hall’s temporary closure, students did not have a hard time finding alternative sources of food. “The other houses aren’t that far away...
...referendum—to be held from noon on Tuesday, April 17, to noon on Thursday, April 19—calls for a fall semester that will start earlier than the one currently in place and end prior to the winter holiday, allowing students to stay on break until late January...
...four decades he directed a range of horror films (Black Christmas), stories of teen angst (Porky's) and bad musicals (Rhinestone, starring Sylvester Stallone). But the cinematic gift Bob Clark will be remembered for is A Christmas Story, a warm and playful tale of the holiday-time highs and lows of a '40s-era boy intent on receiving an "official Red Ryder carbine-action, 200-shot, range-model air rifle." Clark, whose cult classic is now shown annually around the clock on TBS, was 67, and was killed, along with his son Ariel, 22, when a drunken driver struck...
...from other Hindu deities such as Shiva and Brahma, and mythical figures including Holika and the devotee Prahlad. The longstanding traditions of Sikhs and Jains further complicate the story of Holi. To reduce Holi’s significance to one deity is factually questionable, and risks misrepresenting this important holiday to those who may not be familiar with it. Furthermore, claiming the students celebrating Holi were emulating Krishna personalizes their relationship with the deities perhaps one degree too much. The students celebrating Holi last Saturday were not necessarily trying to emulate Hindu deities, although many sought to honor them. Similarly...
...hospitality industry hasn't exactly been a hotbed of innovation. There have been some new ideas over the decades, it is true. In 1952, for example, Kemmons Wilson built the first Holiday Inn and revolutionized American motels by introducing standardization and emphasizing cleanliness and value. The era of the big convention-oriented hotels checked in during the 1970s. And in 1984, New York City nightclub entrepreneur Ian Schrager came up with the boutique hotel concept. But for the most part, the basic business model has changed little: sell travelers perfectly acceptable yet generic places to stay for the night...