Word: minuses
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Amidst the flowers and umbrellas of the Charles Hotel courtyard, this patio area provides the perfect venue for outdoor studying minus the distractions of the Yard and the Mac Quad. Order an iced-cappuccino from the bar inside the famous brunch/power-lunch mecca, Henrietta's Table, or indulge in a treat of a muffin or fresh fruit from the market stand. This peaceful sanctuary benefits from all the amenities of the Charles, including telephones, ATMs and lavish restrooms...
...Senior Tutors, that is what we semi-humorous people call a "joke." ) Actually, the key is to master the art of vicarious drunkenness. Step one: when I get to any generic Harvard party, my first stop is the drink table. I pour myself a rum and Coke minus the rum and walk around confidently sipping my beverage. Security comes in knowing that as long as I'm drinking something, I'm invisible among the thronging partygoers. Baaaaaah...
...Julie talked about academic life at Harvard. We learned that the Core composes 25 percent of the curriculum, the concentration composes 50 percent and "the other 25 percent is purely for electives. You can take anything you want." Let's see here. 25 percent of 32 is eight. Eight minus Expos is seven. Seven minus the Language Requirement is five. And for the unfortunate few who fail the QRR and take Expos 10, five minus two is three. Three divided by 32 is 9.4 percent...
...atmosphere is that of a three-story disco, minus the cage dancers. It's hard to resist funking it up to the mothership once George Clinton is pumped throughout the building via the store's massive sound system...
...mistake, he watches a trashy teenpic called Hotpants College 2 and finds, he thinks, a reason for loving. In an actor named Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestley), Giles sees all the beauty of the ages in one glorious package. The donnish writer buys fan mags, rents B-minus films, immerses himself in the detritus of Bostockiana. To your eyes Ronnie might seem a bland dreamboat, but that is part of the fun in this delicious comedy. And part of the truth: for it is a mark of obsession that it fixes its gaze on an object whose appeal is inexplicable...