Word: paralleling
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...those houses one might confuse as pretentious fraternities—final clubs. Even more shocking than my first experience of a dorm party was my first experience at a final club. To explain why, let me recount a story of fraternity rush week my freshman year at UCLA. Parallel to the many complaints that final clubs receive about unfair perks exclusive to men, the girls at UCLA protested as frats found new and exciting ways to persuade men to join while the sororities had a strict “lemon-water only” policy. What did the frats offer...
Both are under 33 years of age, and both are milking the parallel universe of culinary services at Harvard for all it’s worth. And while you’re eating grilled chicken, both of them might be getting a little closer to achieving everything they’ve dreamed of. ‘WHERE EVERYBODY’S NOT F’ED UP ON SOMETHING?...
...housing projects lost their early allure as once-abundant jobs vanished, unemployment rose, and incomes plummeted. As France's economy slowed, conditions in the banlieue began to erode, public services were scaled back, and the geographic segregation from the affluent cities such projects surround eventually produced enclave cultures and "parallel economies" built on criminal activity and drug sales. Isolation gave rise to increased lawlessness and turf mentalities; for years now, utility workers, ambulance drivers, fire fighters, and even police have refused calls for help from the worst banlieues for fear of walking into an ambush set by local gangs...
...classical accoutrements (cigars, uncomfortable chairs, et cetera). Why is it, then, that there are hordes of men meandering around the square sporting tight, flat-front pants? As a heterosexual woman, I was confused in my initial months here. Suddenly, I felt as though I was in a parallel universe, much like a Cantabrigian, live-theater re-enactment of “Labyrinth,” starring David Bowie. TFs that I thought were gay would strangely have wives. Men in scarves smoked cigarettes with a Dorothy Parker-esque aplomb outside the Barker Center. And despite its lack of all food...
...less magical is Azambourg's Pack chair. It initially looks like a brick but, when shaken, inflates into a full-size chair within five minutes. The shaking activates an emulsion that causes a special polyurethane foam to expand, thus unfolding a 3-D textile made by knitting together two parallel wire-linked fabrics. Several firms are negotiating to produce the chair. Meanwhile, this fall, Herms will launch a series of ultralight suitcases, designed by Azambourg, that are fashioned from a unique mix of foam and leather...