Word: pavements
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...lithe legs are gloriously exposed to the thigh, or that one’s coiffure is the product of four hours’ labor, or that the day’s maquillage is glowing just right under the streetlight, if the same person is evacuating her stomach on the pavement outside a final club—a scene not so uncommon these days. Just as the mutilated bodies of Toscanini’s employees send their own signals, preppy fashion at Harvard so frequently collides with the wearers’ bad behavior that I’ve taken seersucker...
...publishers have catered to the $250 million African-American market with the aspirational stories of authors like Terry McMillan and Eric Jerome Dickey. But attracted by the gaudy numbers generated by the genre known as street lit, such publishers as Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and Random House are hitting the pavement...
Student protestors chanted slogans, waved signs, and conducted a “die-in”—lying on the pavement and pretending to be dead—outside of Soldiers Field Friday as part of a protest against the military’s presence at the Career Forum...
...colorful protest by the peace activists included a picket line, complete with a call-and-response. Later, protestors smeared themselves with fake blood and lied down on the pavement, slightly impeding the flow of students into the athletic complex...
...growing religious movement she belonged to. According to the news report, the disciples had gathered on Biscayne Boulevard to celebrate their savior, and demonstrate their opposition to other religions. De Jesús’ devotees ripped up copies of the Bible and the Torah, smashed religious statues on the pavement, and tore baptismal gowns and wedding veils, shouting, “Mentiras!” or “Lies!” Inquisition, anyone?The scene affected me. My hometown, traditionally celebrated as a beacon of diversity and tolerance, was now featured on the evening news for its violence...