Word: latched
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...life cycle of entertainment districts is predictable. A low-rent part of town today becomes tomorrow's buzzy dining and drinking destination. Serious investors show up, as do smarter restaurants, and before long the area is overrun with bistros and martini bars. Scenemakers then latch on to another low-rent part of town-and the cycle begins again...
...first-year, she directed of one of the Summer Urban Programs (SUP) summer camps called Key Latch, in Boston’s South End. In preparation for her camp she worked approximately 40 hours a week at PBHA that spring planning curriculum for the camp, hiring, budgeting and licensing. Grace C. Hou ’06 directed a SUP camp this summer as Fonseca-Sabune did herself three years...
...narrative of sorts as storylines crop up and develop. In Mager’s final year, for example, a relentlessly tough senior class willed the team to victory down the stretch behind the rubber arm of Ben Crockett ’02. The clichés were easy to latch on to. Everything flowed...
...this way. When researchers published their first highly detailed analysis of the structure of a human rhinovirus back in 1985, it was easy to imagine that a cure for the common cold might soon be available. After all, once scientists discovered which molecular footholds rhinoviruses use to latch onto and infect human cells, it should not have been that hard to develop a drug that would block the linkage and cure a cold before it got started. Or so the thinking went. Unfortunately, the logistics, from both a biological and a business point of view, turned...
...Every franchise needs at least one magical year for its fans to latch onto. It's needed for the autograph signings, fantasy camps, anniversary celebrations, etc. Is there one memorable season in the history of the New Orleans Saints? Even the last 18 years of the Miami Dolphins have rolled into one, giant 10-6 early playoff exit. Pretty soon, people are going to get tired of honoring that '72 Miami club. No wait, that's already happened...