Word: rackingly
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...only is Gielgud open to his closest confidantes about his sexual proclivities, he is a gleeful gossip. He delights in mentioning that his great rival Laurence Olivier, for instance, had extramarital affairs with actresses Peggy Ashcroft and Dorothy Tutin, and relates a tale about Alec Guinness on a rack in a dominatrix's dungeon. But there is far more to the book, and to Gielgud, than dish. The scope of his life was epic; he lived from 1904 until 2000, working almost to the end - his last major film...
Texas Tech scored runs in every inning but the second—and plated more than five runners in four separate frames—to rack up the highest single-game scoring total ever by a Harvard opponent...
Vintage is penetrating the racks in less obvious ways as well. Innovative designers such as Koi Suwannagate are "re-purposing" used apparel and fabrics--from 1920s silk slips to '60s men's sweaters--to create new collections. And major designers--like Prada, whose printed circle skirts for spring are unabashedly reminiscent of the '50s--are more overtly drawing on bygone decades for inspiration. The result of all this is that the past is now an inextricable part of present fashion--on the runway, on the red carpet and on the rack. What's old is new, and what...
...HUPD officers were sent to the bike rack by Wigglesworth Hall to investigate a suspicious individual. Police arrested Theodore Pappadopoulos, 40, of Cambridge for trespassing...
...many steps should you rack up? The figure you see most often is 10,000 a day. That's a nice, round number, based on Japanese research showing that it improves fitness. But like so many one-size-fits-all solutions, those 10,000 steps may not all be necessary. "The number 10,000 has developed almost mythical proportions," says Gregory Welk, a physical-activity researcher at Iowa State University in Ames. "It's actually not yet clear at what point you start getting a benefit." In fact, if all you want is to stop gaining weight, you may need...