Word: intrepid
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Over the past few months, intrepid Crimson gumshoe Daniela J. Lamas ’03 has reported on the trials and tribulations of the new Tommy’s Pizza owner, Mian Iftikhar. While fighting valiently for the privilege to keep his pizza joint and convenience store open until 3am, Ifttikhar has shared some of his life story and rapid-fire wit with Lamas. Here is that story. Here is that...
...John V. Mulcahy ’04 notes about all three rooms, “There are more machines than I know what to do with!” Whether buffing abs, arms, legs or chest strike your fancy, the new equipment promises to transform, with time, an athletically intrepid Harvardian into a hulking mass of muscle—or at least a sweatier version of his or her former self...
...result, he is now famous not only as a first-rate scientist but as a world-class adventurer--iron willed, intrepid and innovative. He and his colleagues have hauled tons of equipment across yawning crevasses and braved hurricane-force winds capable of sending tents skittering to the edge of precipices. And they have lived and worked at altitudes in excess of 20,000 ft. for four to six weeks at a time...
...plans to stem the flood. Wheeler offers no grand solutions, sticking to the piecemeal guidebook wisdom of patronizing the good places to discourage the bad. But he is ready to give up one backpacker conceit, the habit of calling one another "travelers" to distinguish themselves from other, less intrepid vacationers. "I don't believe that for a minute," says Wheeler. "At the end of the day, we're all tourists...
...twice. This is a perfectly understandable occurrence, especially on busier days. But while most customers are very patient with employee lapses, the double-greet usually results in an unsettling stare. This stare is more quizzical than disdainful, but it still strikes fear into the heart of even the most intrepid sales associate. Does courtesy, however redundant, warrant an apology? Would a rapid retreat into the camouflage of the throw-pillow racks be an act of cowardice, or one of judicious modesty? The implications are staggering...