Word: nap
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...fresco or egg tempera to the relatively new and more pliant medium of oil paint. Drag a loaded brush over the textured surface of a canvas, and a whole range of sensual effects are possible. The feathery plush of a fur collar, the glint of light on armor, the nap of rough cloth - they could all be suggested by oil in ways that tempera couldn't quite...
...outlawed. Parents go, "Oh, you'll be fine, you'll just sleep when the baby sleeps." I remember Leta being about two months old and someone said that to me. I almost punched her in the face. It's not possible. She'd take a cat nap and wake up in 15 minutes later, how am I supposed to sleep for exactly those 15 minutes...
...punishing schedule over breakfast. After that it's a parade of songs and screaming fans and one or two cool 3D effects. In other words, pretty dreary. Wear a watch, so you'll have something else to look at occasionally and can gauge the length of your nap. The trailers before the movie, for Ice Age and Up and Monsters vs. Aliens were all also in 3D. After they're done, the entertainment factor drops precipitously...
...place at Lamont. There’s a certain sense of comfort and relief, upon returning from dinner, to find my carrel exactly as I left it. Also, it forces me back to the library after dinner, when all I want to do is curl up and take a nap. The truth is, no one wants to be at Lamont for days. That unshowered, unkempt, under-nourished kid, who’s been sitting in the same desk for the past week, writing his final paper—he doesn’t want to be there. Neither does that...
...time the Harvard women’s basketball team awoke from a four-minute nap last night, it found itself on the wrong end of a 15-0 score.The Crimson (4-5) missed six shots and committed three turnovers before it finally found the bottom of the basket four minutes into last night’s game at crosstown rival Boston University (5-4), eventually dropping an 80-61 decision at the Terriers’ Case Gymnasium. “We really have no excuses for what happened,” sophomore forward Emma Markley said. “It?...