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...apathetic attitude, they are unable to navigate north of Garden Street. (Some especially foolish River people will go so far as to declare their pride in never having been to the Quad, or brag about their intentional avoidance of the place.) Like tourists befuddled by directions in a foreign lingo, most River residents who are willing to venture abroad are unable to hold their own in a discussion involving geographical terms like Linnaean, Shepherd and Walker.(How easily could you map the Loire, the Po and the Danube Rivers...
...away to put two daughters, a smaller family than many undergraduates I know, through college. It was fundraising time for seniors, and I was about to enter the pool of possible philanthropists. Working at the Radcliffe College Fund during my first year at the College, I learned the fundraising lingo, learned about the prizes for those who raised the most and how to carefully ease alums toward a larger donation. But somewhere in the process of phone calls and free ice cream at Herrells I started thinking: "Someday I'll be one of those alums on the other...
...Damn! Dicky V.'s lingo is infiltrating my own speech...
...jigged and twisted through the show, not stopping until the last of the two-song encore. Guitarist Dave Chalfant and Dave Nields leapt and hopped to match. The band threw out chocolates between sets, described the inspiration behind their rich lyrics and urged the audience to use their own lingo ("dolphin friendly" for over the top politically correct). The band had an effervescence in personality to match the energy of their music...
...Caramanico turnaround in the lane gave Penn its first double-digit lead, 66-56, with 3:09 to play. In boxing lingo, it was a standing eight...