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...those who prefer to multi-task, waiting in line provides a good opportunity to work on the abs. They utilize the narrow walkway to perform any combination of calisthenics, plyometrics and/or gymnastics...
...this as a dramatic change in the terms of the lease and we indicated to them that we would prefer that they would not pursue this," said Kevin McCluskey, Harvard director of community relations...
...would prefer to sit down and have a discussion but we can't," he said. "We've had multiple attempts--he's resisted...
Accountants like to call it "earnings management." Regular folks prefer terms like "cooking the books." Whatever the term of art, there's been an increasing tendency by corporations, particularly dotcoms, to bend the rules of accounting to make their numbers look good...
...ruffian lad-mag sensibility. It was a clash between rival ideas of manhood. Men's mags have slavered over women before--remember Vargas girls?--but with an affect of gentlemen's-club exclusivity. Young men turned to them as tutors in the mysteries of manhood. Today youths prefer populist outlets like Maxim and TV's The Man Show, which toast an uncomplicated guy-hood. Details, finally, didn't party hard enough...