Word: loring
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...computer program named Cortana who appears as a sexy hologram. But the Halo games also have a curiously lyrical quality about them. They're full of literary touches and evocative phrases--the Master Chief travels in a spaceship called the Pillar of Autumn. The Halo universe is rich in lore--gamers love to be there the way some people love to pretend they're in Jane Austen novels. The action isn't nonstop; instead it includes dramatic beats and even moments of melancholy solitude, with Romantic weather effects and sublime vistas and soaring Gregorian chants. The game has a moody...
...boys? Sure. And here's where the success of The Dangerous Book gets interesting, because it suggests that as parents spend more time with their sons, we may be reconnecting with the fact that the differences between boys and girls need not be threatening and that not all the lore of the past about how to raise boys was wrong...
...designed by committee. They politely disagree. Their horse, you see, keeps winning. Each of the firm's four mutual funds has from nine to 18 portfolio managers, and every one gets equal say in which stocks and bonds to buy and sell. "The investment business is permeated with the lore of the individual. We think that's a bad way to manage money," says CEO John Gunn, one of many decision makers. "There are a zillion independent variables, and it's very hard for one person to think about them...
...with intermissions, attended by 3,000 extreme fans. The better knowledge a fan has of the Lucas canon, the better he can appreciate the more esoteric of the Lucasfilm archive exhibits at the convention center. One of the most buzzed about items confirms a piece of Star Wars production lore: it's a clapperboard (that slate they bang together before a movie take starts) that says Revenge of the Jedi, the working title of Return of the Jedi until Lucas changed it weeks before the film's 1983 premiere because he felt Jedis do not seek revenge. Fans frantically clicked...
With her 17th home run in the Harvard softball team’s 2-0 victory over Dartmouth on Saturday, freshman Lauren Murphy quickly established her place in Ivy League lore by breaking the conference home run record. Playing primarily in the designated player slot and batting third in the line-up, the rookie’s impact in the Crimson lineup has run deep. “She’s just stellar at the plate,” head coach Jenny Allard said. “This past week she’s really been focusing...