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...exercise space while students wait for University planners currently tied up in Allston planning to turn their attention to the outdated facility. It’s no secret that the MAC is over-crowded and under-stocked, and making House gyms viable alternatives will reduce some of the strain on that facility. House gyms are conveniently located and open 24 hours. Now there is a good chance they can become modern, comprehensive and welcoming...
...water heater, his garbage disposal—anything with moving parts—he could diagnose their afflictions. I tried to learn his secrets, to hear for myself the aches and pains that machines would confide in him. Whenever one of our family cars began to stutter or strain back in Pennsylvania, my Dad would call Pappaw and carry the phone out to the garage so that the doctor could listen. Pappaw often pinpointed problems just like that. One time a water pump, another time a loose fan belt—but be sure to check the coolant...
Aesop, a.k.a. Ian Bavitz, has been developing both his flow and his fan base for several years now, beginning with a string of self-released discs. He is referred to by some as the exemplar of “backpack rap,” a strain of hip-hop supposedly characterized by intellectual rhymes and nerdy beats—what Aesop refers to as “the cliché of a white kid with a backpack...
...setting, an intensely detailed Brooklyn in a vital and specific time, Lethem explains that “I was letting it lead me through the book…I wanted to really let myself write about the place that moved me.” Perhaps noting the critical strain that has resulted from such a jam-packed style—a style dubbed “hysterical realism” by some critics—he added that “I think there are a lot of pages of scenery, but I hope it’s as emotionally...
Running quarterback keepers, absorbing hits, trying to will the ball into his receivers’ hands, the strain on the normally easy-going Fitzpatrick was obvious...