Word: playground
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...selection of German architects Berhnisch Architekten for the design of Allston’s first biolab should be commended for recognizing that designing the future requires not only conceptual vision, but also vision on the scale of the built world. Harvard shouldn’t plan our new Allston playground as an ossified artifact of architectural regurgitation. With the innovative Behnisch architects, our new campus will be a beautiful and modern one that jumpstarts our reputation as a leading center of the architectural world...
...open to public view-was enmeshed with kin, three generations of the clan riding in the Team Irwin prime mover, sharing the same passions and one another's company. But the genuine shock and sadness of parents and kids as the news spread in my children's playground after school last Monday told me that Irwin had found a rare place in the hearts of Australians. One commentator suggested that people felt guilty about their role in encouraging Irwin's risky business. What I saw looked more like grief. Naturally, many people wanted to talk about their feelings of loss...
...division of the Purcell Tire & Rubber Co., says the shortage is the worst he has seen in his 44 years in the industry. Its scale hit home, Chicago says, when he saw a tire he had donated to a school--where it had been painted for use on the playground--arrive at his shop for repairs, having been harvested by a mining company...
Whether it's the first day of college or kindergarten, there's a new look this fall for every back-to-school experience. One recurring theme: a return to grunge, from playground-worthy graphic Ts to dorm-destined thermal loungewear. College Counseling...
...made his way to Thailand, entering and re-entering that country mainly on tourist visas. These visas prohibit paid work, but many foreigners flout the rule, and school administrators, eager for the cachet that comes with expatriate instructors, tend to turn a blind eye. Thailand is, however, a favored playground of globetrotting drifters. "You never really know who you're talking to in Bangkok," says an Australian teacher in St. Joseph's English immersion program who met Karr during his brief tenure there. "We've all got a past...