Word: manias
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This year, Harvard placed fourth in the Recycle Mania contest, where Bowling Green State University took first place for recycling the most—a rather poor performance considering only eight schools participated. Furthermore, the “Eco Reps” promised for freshman entryways to help encourage efficiency amongst students have hardly made a concerted effort to effect any change in recycling habits...
...Lieut. General Pitt Rivers-Britain's first Inspector of Ancient Monuments-the Pitt Rivers Museum houses tens of thousands of anthropological artifacts in an atmosphere redolent with Victorian eccentricity. Wildly cluttered display cases and fading labels, handwritten in copperplate script, speak of the period's voraciously eclectic mania for collecting. In one spot there's a Tahitian mourner's costume, acquired during Captain Cook's second voyage of 1773; in another there are displays of masks, like the one from Papua New Guinea, pictured left...
Wildly cluttered display cases and fading labels, handwritten in copperplate script, speak of the period's voraciously eclectic mania for collecting. In one spot there's a Tahitian mourner's costume, acquired during Captain Cook's second voyage of 1773; in another there are displays of masks, like the one from Papua New Guinea, pictured left...
...motorcycle maker, are up 15.3% this year. What's powering the growth? In the U.S., "baby boomers are attracted to the allure of Harley-Davidson," says Ed Aaron, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets. "And the company's supply constraints have benefited the competitors." Hot reality shows like Motorcycle Mania and American Chopper, both on the Discovery Channel, help. Among the 2004 models getting early buzz are Harley's updated Sportster and new four-cylinder-engine models from Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha, along with Ducati's 1970s-theme retro bikes...
...says Hyman, who is the former director of the National Institute of Mental Health. “If you had a dreadful physical illness and you were exhausted and couldn’t get out of bed, you would take time off. If you had an episode of mania, it might be really a good thing to take time off, re-collect yourself...