Word: raucous
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...their money” someone says of the wait staff who have asked us to show restraint. And besides, I’m told, the creation of sake bombs, whereby shots of the rice wine are precariously situated between chopsticks running parallel atop a glass of beer, necessitates the raucous slamming of fists. There’s just no way around it.In the course of our couple hours there, the grimaces on the sushi chefs go from mild bemusement to annoyance. I drunkenly wonder aloud of the possibilities of a culture of decorous restraint that might have attended a Japanese...
...when I unexpectedly got punched last week, my certainty crumbled. It’d be pretty cool, I suddenly found myself fantasizing, to have a mansion at my disposal. And something reliably raucous to do every weekend. And unparalleled job connections. Maybe final clubs weren’t so bad after...
...Harvard in April of 1959, he addressed an enraptured audience, explaining his early desire to study here. Now, Castro’s alma mater will welcome Harvard students.A lucky group of Harvard students will be able to escape the interminable New England winter for the tropical breezes and raucous tunes of Cuba, a country steeped in history, culture, and geopolitical significance. Earlier this week, Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) announced that it had been granted a license by the U.S. Treasury Department to establish a semester-long study abroad program at the University...
...OPINIONS, the Cornell Daily Sun berates New York gubernatorial candidate John Faso for accusing his opponent, Eliot Spitzer, of trying to "force gay marriage down the throats of many New Yorkers" at the debate in Ithaca on Tuesday night: "Despite raucous laughter from the audience, Faso appeared unaware of the double entendre." At the Daily Pennsylvanian, a columnist thinks that people often confuse Penn for a state school because of its name: "Not only can a state school name save us from scornful jealousy, it can also inject us with a healthy dose of humility...
...veteran Harvard student knows that a few one-dollar bills and a can of mace are all you need for a raucous night at the Kong—but deep pockets? No, they haven’t made drinks any more expensive. Rather, you’ll need plenty of space to fill your britches with those colorful plastic animals that adorn the Kong’s signature spirit, the Scorpion Bowl. According to page 336 of this year’s Harvard Student Agencies Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard (read: one big, sometimes inaccurate advertisement, see page...