Word: silentes
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Some companies are trying to hide the functionality of luggage altogether. Valextra, the Italian high-end leather-goods brand, recently came out with the Avietta, a sleek leather briefcase sporting a hidden handle and silent synthetic wheels that took three years to develop. "I wanted to give the businessman something that could jump from the airplane right into a board meeting," says Massimo Suppancig, CEO of Valextra...
...giant parking lot. I wish more Harvard students were willing to challenge the structures of authority that govern our daily lives and limit our capacity to think beyond the status quo, to abandon image-consciousness in favor of making a meaningful political choice. I would never advocate remaining silent on issues of great importance, and there are certainly some opinions we are not meant to entertain, but shouldn’t we save our voices for unjust laws, not displeasing commencement speakers...
...catch a glimpse of the Marines--"turkey peeking," as the troops call it--a sign that they are preparing to attack."We come out here every day, and we get shot at," Jones tells an Iraqi woman who speaks American-accented English. "Where are the bad guys?" She falls silent. Outside, a blue sedan peels away. "Watch that car," a Marine yells, sensing a possible ambush...
...Harvard varsity that scared silent the crowd at Yale’s Gilder Boathouse in the final 20 strokes shows up for 2,000 meters this Sunday, the Crimson might find itself on the winner’s dock once again...
...your allergies bad enough to risk getting mono, losing your cellphone, or sitting through silent film comedies? It’s your call...