Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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GRETA SCACCHI has added a new twist to the phrase "in the family way." The actress, last seen on these shores in the movie Emma, is pregnant by her first cousin, according to the British press. She and Carlo Mantegazza, whose mother is the sister of Scacchi's father, have been living together since last year. To complicate matters further, when Mantegazza first moved in, his ex-wife of seven years, Sian Houston, was living with Scacchi as well. Houston has since moved out, but is overjoyed for the new parents. "I'm very happy for them," said Houston. "Greta...
Hopefully the phrase "when it rains it pours" only applies to the Harvard baseball team's luck with the weather this week...
...themselves while wandering aimlessly, looking for a place to urinate. With the recent erection of the "Magnetic Poetry Wall," some may believe that the spirit of Harvard Square has reached its nadir, particularly if one is reading the latest attempt at actual verse or simply another adolescent-inspired phrase along the lines of "she loves purple sausage milk shoot." But personal rejuvenation lies just across Mass. Ave, where the eyes of "Muggsie" peer out into the hustle and bustle of the Square and provide hard-wrought inspiration...
...home for "steroids" it was a "house for science and math nerds. In fact, Mather house used to be a haven for humanities concentrators and, in particular, homosexual humanities concentrators. I do not remember seeing more than a handful of "science and math nerds" (to borrow the author's phrase) in Mather during my undergraduate years. This lack of research on the part of a senior editor and The Crimson in general leads me to think that a dark spot in Harvard's history's--namely, the persecution of homosexuals in Mather House by male athletes that eventually...
...article (News, April 9), the Putnam is the only college math competition, while there are many for high school students. We jump at the opportunity to recapture a part of our youth. Perhaps the word "pathetic" is inappropriate, but I was merely putting in a self-degrading quip. This phrase was in no way meant to refer to the persons who fall into the category "anyone interested in math...