Word: slacked
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...Alex Slack ‘06, an editorial executive, is a history concentrator in Leverett House. He is jealous of his friends who are sure of what they want to do post-college, and he hopes no one noticed the weird mixed metaphor in his postcard’s last sentence. Expos taught him to try to connect his titles with his conclusions...
Hanging laundry is not a bad analogy for the way Breslin works. His book relies less on plot than on the cumulative effect of colorful anecdotes flapping on a slack story line. There are tales of the old sod, immigration and Boss Tweed's New York. The first male Morrison in the U.S. walks off the boat in 1870 and is put right to work sandhogging for 75¢ a day plus three hots and a cot. He soon discovers that he is restricted to the construction camp because the nearby Hudson River town of Beacon, N.Y., does not want muddy...
After Russert’s speech, Ivy Orators James Harvey ’05 and Michelle E. White ’05 took up the slack of wittiness where he left off, infusing their speeches with Harvard-specific jokes. White, in particular, took aim at the homebody tendencies of Harvard students, tartly commemorating her days of exploration at Harvard, where she “met people all over Boston—even in Loker Commons...
While the storm that was the Red Scare had begun to blow over as the Class of 1955 entered their senior year, a natural force picked up the slack, leaving Harvard Yard in shambles...
...Moving Castle (released in both dubbed and subtitled versions) is the perfect e-ticket for a flight of fancy into a world far more gorgeous than our own. The film doesn't halve itself to appeal to two generations. At its best, it turns all moviegoers into innocent kids, slack-jawed with wonder...