Word: pit
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...Vegas casino,” Liu writes in an e-mail, “This happened several years ago, however, and it’s entirely possible that the casinos won’t know or care if I return.” Indeed, Liu seems out of the pit bosses’ reach here at Harvard. “I’ve certainly never seen any gambling goons with baseball bats come around the lab looking to get even,” said Brian N. Tse, a 4th year grad student and Liu’s advisee...
...this winter, I too am putting down the remote, embracing the French language, and working on this so-called “resumé.” As job interviews and career-related events erupt all over campus, I find myself getting a familiar feeling in the pit of my stomach as my mom lectures me about my Future in her “College Process” tone of voice that I thought I had left for dead in high school. It seems like everyone around me is building a resumé that is of similar length and quality...
Also found near the Pit, IBM Professor of Business and Government Roger B. Porter, who teaches a popular course on “The American Presidency,” looked surprised upon hearing the news of Summers’ resignation but declined to comment...
...also enjoyed a film career of late, has been tapped to star in a remake of “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House,” the 1948 comedy starring Cary Grant. The film was previously reinterpreted in 1986 as “The Money Pit,” a film featuring Tom Hanks. Now that Cube has joined the ranks of American sweethearts like Grant and Hanks, I think it’s safe to say that whatever remained of his street credibility is shot...
...company that is quirky and practically shouts it out. The lava lamps and electric scooters that replaced the original Segways at the "Googleplex" headquarters in Mountain View have become iconic. There is also a sand-volleyball court, a pair of heated lap pools and, for some reason, a ball pit with dozens of brightly colored plastic balls, like the one you throw the kids into at Ikea. The dress code? "You have to wear something," says Schmidt. And even he can't explain the (phoneless) London-style phone booth that stands in one hallway--"Who bought that?!" he wonders aloud...