Word: linger
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Some of my best Harvard meals have been during reading period as well. I notice no change in the food, but it seems everyone is willing to linger a little longer, and there are fewer places to run off to. It's the one time of year I feel I run the schedule, not that it runs me. That meal with a blockmate or lab partner that never seemed to happen finally occurs, a gloriously lengthy dinner where you sit over your plates and catch up, trading tidbits of distinctly Harvard gossip--yes, he is applying to be a summer...
...president chooses to do over the next several years, friends and advisers suspect he will keep at least one foot firmly planted in the political sphere - and his name and likeness highly visible. And while the sting of his defeat at the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court may linger, he can take some comfort in new numbers released Tuesday by the Gallup Organization. According to the granddaddy of polls, Gore's approval rating has shot up in the days since he gave his concession speech. Fifty-seven percent of Americans polled regard him favorably, versus 40 percent who view...
When the service is over, they will linger for a bit. The old people will talk to each other in Portuguese, before heading home, perhaps stopping at the Portuguese butcher for sausage or the fishmonger for fish imported from Portugal...
Hosts and hostesses can get the best performance out of their young guests by keeping things fairly simple and age appropriate. This doesn't mean that all children should be exiled to a "kid's table," but neither should they be expected to linger over coffee. Older children should be allowed to help clear plates and serve dessert, and younger children should be provided an after-meal distraction, whether it be puzzles, games or a video...
...minute walk down Cambridge Street from the Square, but the world of Inman Square hardly is saturated with over-priced hip clothing stores. Store signs are in Portuguese. One market window advertises "Fresh killed fish" in bold, red block-lettering. On a sunny morning, a few shop-owners linger outside their stores smoking cigars...