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Between two boarded-up storefronts deep in the poor barrios of central Barcelona, I turned to enter a rotted out doorway and saw 60 allies of the biggest people’s revolution of the 20th century. Jaime, a lean, dark-skinned Colombian immigrant, enthusiastically greeted me to the meeting, encouraging me to join in their cause for liberation...
...over, just by looking at the table). The player to his left then begins flipping, and more words are formed and claimed. Tensions heighten and competitive natures surface as pre-existing words are “stolen” and transformed into new words with different bases. Daniels discovers LEAN; an I is flipped, and Eisenkraft quickly steals it as ALIEN; a V is drawn, and Daniels reclaims it as VENIAL. Daniels gloats, taunts and frequently ends his sentences with a resounding “Sucka!” Sarcastic comments fly as quickly as the letters—mutterings...
This is to say nothing of the food. Sunday brunch, I think, is the sexiest meal of the week. It is meant for sitting for a long time, chatting, prolonging the luxurious freedom of the weekend when there is nothing pressing to do. It is a time to lean close and talk hushedly of whatever debauchery one saw or did the night before. Perhaps to brush one’s slept-on and rearranged hair to the side and gaze conspiratorially at a good friend or, better, a lover. Brunch at Metro allows for the requisite lingering over one?...
...seemed like a flip-flop, but administrators insist that the idea never got past the discussion phase. “The implication [in the media] was that there was some substantial lean, which was not accurate,” said University President Lawrence H. Summers. “It was a new question that presented itself that hadn’t been addressed before.” McGrath Lewis went even further, saying, “There wasn’t a lot of support for allowing people to lie [to their early decision school] to gain an advantage...
...convenience, many students simply lock their bicycle wheel to its frame and lean it against a building. This is so common that there is even overcrowding along the walls of buildings such as Sever Hall or the Science Center...