Word: partook
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...safely discard one team, I suddenly remembered a fond memory from my experience. But in the end, I had to make up my mind. Leo Durocher once said, “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” I was a diligent attendee—partook of the stadium chow, greeted my fellow parishioners, and thanked the baseball gods for good weather—and through it all I gained a deeper understanding of the game, myself, and the fan I want...
...Koch said. “[Sam Adams] has nine medals, more than any German beer.” “I only send beer [overseas] to remind them who makes it best,” he added. Despite the informal atmosphere of the tasting, during which Koch partook in the tasting of all five beers offered, he praised the pub for providing educational events and a safe space for students. “This place was a crappy basement when I was here,” Koch joked. “It’s really ballsy of Harvard...
...bathroom sharing. HCAP member Ana M. Franco ’10 hosted two Japanese delegates, and ended up sharing late-night bonding as well as her bed. Despite the early-morning events and lectures, the three girls stayed up chatting late into the night. Wei also partook in after-hours adventures: at a dorm party with a group of Indian delegates, they taught her some Indian dance moves and she showed them how to break it down American-style. The Asian delegates are also exposed other things new and crazy—and sometimes even natural. Aside from American booty...
...half cannoli, three bites of baklava, a scoop of sorbet, four pieces of chocolate, eggnog, and one carrot. Her roommate Angelica W. Nierras ’09 was busy finishing her fifth plate. While eating a lot isn’t an essential component of Festivus, the roommates also partook in the traditional “Airing of the Grievances.” In the Seinfeld episode, Frank Costanza tells Senifeld’s eccentric neighbor Cosmo Kramer, “At the Festivus dinner you gather your family around and tell them all the ways they have disappointed...
...same time, however, your family had a satellite TV dish, and you watched music videos and films from the West. You followed trends and learned that around the world modern young people date, play in bands, cruise cars and flirt - so, you and your friends made sure you also partook in some or all of these pleasures. You fit all these dissonant influences into your life, and found it wasn't so difficult to be many things at once. That's how kids from religious families ended up more independent and modern, and how kids from Westernized families worked religion...