Word: rubs
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...course, most colleges have their own obscure traditions—statues to rub, say, or arches under which to kiss at midnight, or implausible urban legends involving libraries sinking under the weight of their books. At Harvard, though, tradition is as insistent a presence as the cigarette burns on my coat. Upon our arrival in September our first year, we are greeted by a list the Freshman Dean’s Office has left of all the people who have lived in our room. (Actually, this was the source of my earliest disappointment at Harvard: reading my list I thought...
...international tourist who visited Harvard’s campus Monday declined to rub John Harvard’s shiny left foot...
Capped at a capacity of only 300 people, the club offers guests the opportunity to rub elbows with musicians both unknown and renowned...
There's the rub--one that pay-for-service wi-fi providers are quick to point out. Such companies as Comcast and SBC grumble about free wi-fi services the way parents complain about their teenagers, calling them unreliable, irresponsible, spotty and insecure. They may have a point. "A company providing only free access would defy the laws of economics," warns Mike Short, senior vice president of engineering at the Silicon Valley wi-fi firm Gric. He and others believe that somewhere along the line, somebody is going to have to pay for the connection...
...Since March 2002, when the group set off a car bomb that killed 10 people near the U.S. embassy in Lima, three days before a visit by President Bush, Shining Path has made it clear that it's back. "Everything is aimed at restarting the armed struggle," says Major Rubén Zú?iga, an antiterrorism police analyst. "This is Guzmán's strategy." Zú?iga insists that the 68-year-old leftist - serving a life sentence in a Lima prison specially built for him - is still the motivating force for insurgents who have carried out more...