Word: make-shift
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...originated in Israel, usually played in a sandy pit at a lot of Jewish Community Center camps.” Due to the lack of a pit at the Harvard Hillel, where the game was held, students instead lined up six folding tables on their sides to form a make-shift pit. “With each bounce, everyone says the word ga…ga…ga,” Levin-Gesundheit slowly enunciates, illustrating the suspense between bounces. After the third bounce, the game is a free-for-all, and Levin-Gesundheit briefly demonstrates the speedy footwork...
...Stanford alumna Erica G. Bromley agreed: “It’s just nice to congregate with old alum and things.” What things, exactly? FM found its answer in a large tent in the middle of the Village, which was pimped out with a make-shift bar, an artificial fireplace, and a plasma screen announcing the day’s races. As Judah H. Rome said, “this is probably the only place on the course [where] you can drink without feeling bothered by the police.” Indeed, not everyone grasped...
...were first integrated into Harvard Houses, an ad-hoc group established the College’s first women’s center and library staffed by volunteers in the basement of what is now Pfrozheimer House. Plagued by problems such as insufficient funding and lack of institutional support, the make-shift center shut down in a just few years...
BRING IT ON 2 hours until showtime The FM dance team sat in a tight circle. Around them, teams danced and hummed, exploding out of twirls and high kicking across the church’s make-shift stage. “Shut your eyes, and visualize,” said Fee. Holding hands with eyes closed, the FM team imagined themselves dancing through their entire routine. Their bodies remained perfectly still; only their large smiles and rapidly moving eyeballs revealed their concentration. Everyone opened their eyes at the same time, smiling...
...Maltese crosses, and it's clear that this 40-year-old mother of four likes the kind of jewelry that starts conversations. But don't be fooled. ?They might seem big, but they move,? she says, standing in her sunny, cramped home office that serves as a make-shift showroom...