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...through the deserted rooms, evoking the dripping of a kitchen faucet, the buckling and crackling of frost on the windows, the ruffling of a cat shaking snowflakes from its fur, even the silence of a bird sitting on its nest in the loft. At length the patter of rain heralds spring, and soon children's shouts and the clump of feet on the back stairs start another season. At the same time a secondary theme blossoms. Not only does the house return to life, but also a new cycle of nature begins. Again, the sounds tell the story: "Kittens...
...crowd of more than 200 people, including Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and MIT President Susan Hockfield, was on hand to receive the news directly from Eli Broad yesterday. “A big tent is a fine metaphor for what we are all about—the rain you can leave out,” Lander said. Eli Broad said he and his wife, Edythe, decided to give the second gift because they were “impressed with the progress and wanted to see it accelerated.” Research at the institute uses genetic data from...
...Mekong River and the jungles of Laos and Burma on the opposite banks. And while all accommodation is in the form of tents, guests need not fret about spending sweltering nights under moth-eaten canvas, for the Four Seasons version includes air conditioning, individually themed ethnic décor, rain showers, freestanding baths and hardwood floors. There will be a riverbank restaurant serving Thai, Laotian, Burmese and Western cuisine, while sundowners can be enjoyed at the plantation-style Burma Bar. Gentle diversion will come in the form of a couple of spa salas and a fleet of swanky river boats...
...parents keep him from courting poor girl he loves. "Bye Bye Baby": married man won't pursue a girl he's fallen in love with. "Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)": guy absolves ex-girlfriend from her guilt of marrying someone else. "Tell It to the Rain": guy feels good that his ex feels bad ("I gave you love, girl, and got nothin' in return. / How does it feel to feel what I had to learn...
...know, we’re probably too hard on the Harvard Undergraduate Council (UC). Between boat cruises that run aground, rain-soaked after-parties that lack star acts, and concerts that don’t, but that fail anyway, it really is easy to criticize the UC. But that a group of college students can even contrive to undertake the kind of massive projects that the UC regularly does is a pretty remarkable feat.Even this knowledge, however, was insufficient to keep me calm on a sunny Saturday afternoon in New Haven, when the UC’s plans...