Word: swing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there's anything that was just like it was supposed to be, it was the Boys Across the Hall. They fixed our computers, and we taught them how to swing dance in their common room before moving on to the master classes in Leverett dining hall. When we got back from Thanksgiving break, they called us over to see the real live Christmas tree they'd decorated, and on Valentine's Day we found collective flowers from them in our common room. In a happily self-deprecating running joke, we invented an imaginary sitcom based on our less-than...
...Hopefully you'll follow the latter course, the course also the course less taken (kind of like Math 25). I, for instance, might take a swing dance class instead, or perhaps just shake my booty all night long at a long parade of formals in the spring. Or perhaps I'll simply continue to irritate my roommates by asking them to teach me that move just one more time...
...While you're at it, swing by Kitty Donahue's Massage and Acupuncture Salon (2557 Mass. Ave., near Porter Square; 492-6777; $60) for an ancient Chinese medical diagnosis to assess what parts of your body are in need of energy reversals. Kitty will tell you that every individual has energy flowing through their body and energy flowing in the right direction indicates good health. According to this diagnosis, Kitty will divide up your one-hour session between massage and acupuncture. Or you can just tell her what you want...
...have heard of Eddie Gaedel. At 3'7, he is the shortest person ever to play in a major-league game. In a stunt in 1951, Bill Veeck, owner of the St. Louis Browns, sent Gaedel to bat. He instructed Gaedel to stand at the plate and not swing and Gaedel promptly walked on four pitches...
...male singing group, which was founded in 1946 at the Hasty Pudding Club on 12 Holyoke St., has recorded 21 albums featuring their repertoire of jazz, swing ballads and '50s rock...