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...first to write an article about the Harvard social scene. In fact, if you search the Crimson online archives for the word “party” you’ll get articles reaching back to 1986 that all start out with a variation of the phrase “It’s no secret that the Harvard party scene leaves something to be desired”. That being said, let me leave you with another image from my first Bell Tower party: a random freshman licking the shoulder of my friend after spilling some beer...
...trial could have lead to his being singled out for assassination. According to his own account, when he introduced himself to Saddam, al-Zubeidi said that despite the fact that he was a Shiite from Babylon, he was still defending him. That's when Saddam replied with his signature phrase, "Afia," or "Well done," leading some onlookers in the courtroom to think al-Zubeidi had been too deferential to the deposed dictator...
...years schoolteachers have used a version of the mnemonic phrase "My Very Eager Mother Just Sent Us New Pajamas" to help kids learn the names of the nine planets in order of distance from the sun [Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto]. Now if Pluto loses its planetary status, I suppose we can get used to "My Very Eager Mother Just Sent Us Nothing." Things just won't be the same, though, without those pajamas...
...deaths of Armenians during World War II did not qualify as genocide were originally included in the curriculum. However, the Department of Education removed those documents at the request of State Senator Steven A. Tolman, D-Brighton.According to Silverglate, Tolman argued that since the Massachusetts legislature had used the phrase “Armenian genocide” in its curriculum guide, it had in effect made a decision that the events did constitute genocide, and any materials questioning that decision should be removed from the curriculum.Silverglate said the decision “completely deprived the schoolchildren of Massachusetts of one side...
...lapse into a daydream about former Arizona Wildcats shooting guard and college basketball star Miles Simon. You know the expression “don’t let your imagination get the best of you”? It’s a funny one. Erroneous interpretations of reality, the phrase suggests, proclivities for the idealized or the fictitious, can threaten our safety, happiness, or otherwise get the best of us. Take, for example, if at this very meal I had foreseen myself a champion eater and ingested 150 popcorn shrimp. Bad idea. But here is the beauty of writing...