Word: metaphoritis
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...least we had the drinking fountain in the basement by the free-weight room. Recently, with that gone, the desert has encroached—it’s a long, thirsty, two-floor climb up to the cardio rooms and the nearest alternative drinking fountain. Does this extended sahel/desert metaphor mean that soon fitness geeks will gather around the MAC’s pool as wildebeest do around a watering hole on the Serengeti? We’ll tell you once that drinking fountain gets replaced.One: Pimp our pit-stops. Three words: toilet seat protectors. Widener Library has them. Lamont...
...getting infected. Drawn in a detailed, high-contrast black and white style where you can count every nascent hair on a teenage lip, Burns' images will have your skin crawling even as you marvel at their beauty. Masterfully using the medium's ability to carry both visual and literary metaphor, and mixing in the kicks of a top-notch exploitation yarn, Burns' Black Hole will suck you in. A Trip Through a 'Black Hole' 10/21/2005
...series of long panels designed to be affixed over cans of beans. Each label, "Wooden House," "Cone Drip," "Panting Dog," etc., contains a meditation on being an American as well as the pleasures of summer. The one titled "Wall of Corn, " reads in part, "It's a metaphor for life in America. Obscene abundance brimming with promise that also feels stuffy and myopic...
...tent is a fine metaphor for what we are all about—the rain you can leave out,” Lander said...
...temporary laboratory space that houses the institute, a crowd of more than 200 people, including Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and MIT President Susan Hockfield, was on hand to receive the news directly from Eli Broad yesterday. “A big tent is a fine metaphor for what we are all about—the rain you can leave out,” Lander said. Eli Broad said he and his wife, Edythe, decided to give the second gift because they were “impressed with the progress and wanted to see it accelerated.” Research...