Word: tubs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then, Peck dismantles this pretty image, exposing the unpretty reality it describes and dignifies: "When his body folded over at the waist...and his face smacked the tub's bottom, I didn't think it was like a rice-paper lantern being closed. I thought it was like the body of a six foot-two-inch man who weighed eighty pounds and who'd had all the shit and blood and water and air sucked out of him folding over in death...
...Boyne, for example, you can take a break from your skiing for a cozy fireside lunch in the lodge or a leisurely dip in the outdoor hot tub before returning to the slopes for a full afternoon, or even night, of skiing. (The slopes are often illuminated until well into the evening...
...size of the fund-raising job must be kept in perspective: To achieve the $2 billion goal, Harvard must double its current gift receipts over a five-year period. This can only happen if the faculties set aside the every-tub-on-its-own-bottom mentality--at least during this time of crisis--and work together to raise the cash...
Three years ago, Harvard was a decentralized university. The nine faculties operated on the principle of financial independence--"every tub on its own bottom...
Professors who teach across tub lines now win "brownie points," with their dean, McElroy said...