Word: leapings
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...most moviegoers, World War I might be a distant bleep on the grand spectrum of wars; World War II stands out not only because it is more recent but also because its brutality documented relentlessly. Grand Illusion asks the modern viewer to make the leap back into the pre-World War II and appreciate the depths of human devotion from a less jaded perspective, a task that ultimately proves impossible...
...doors turn it into a House of Horror. Smudges of oil from smashed foreheads and noses cover its clear plastic sides like battle scars. Just this year, a freshman was wedged with a package half way in the door. When people enter with conflicting speeds, riders are forced to leap out to escape, and many end up bruising their heels and (the horror!) sharing one of the four compartments with a stranger. "I've seen a kid almost get cut in half," claims Milton E. Otto '03, a frightened Physics 15 student...
Some books are so primed for the leap to the silver screen that they practically scream their readiness to the world...
...from the T, avoiding vehicular death on Rindge Avenue, adventurers found themselves atop a mountain from which they could spy the neon movie sign glowing like a beacon in the distance. Only the bravest could carry on; the mission demanded they rappel down the gravely dirt mound and, finally, leap from the wall to get to their flicks...
According to Murray, Harvard's research facilities provide an excellent resource for tapping these methods, which Murray said allow "a quantum leap in our understanding" of the principles of genetic adaptation...