Word: uppers
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...idea was to determine whether the emotional impact of learned symbolic speech, or semiotics, could be as deeply felt as that of inborn gestures. Shrugging the shoulders, for example, is a universal - and inherent - gesture of confusion or surrender, probably because it lowers the head relative to the upper body, conveying submission. Yes or no head nods may go all the way back to infancy, as babies tend to search for the breast by moving their heads up and down and detach by moving side to side - effectively saying "yes, please" and "no more." Not every culture uses head nods...
Going forward, Harvard should consider expanding its financial aid programs to families that currently do not qualify for assistance. Since total financial aid output is expected to rise to a record $147 million next year, perhaps the upper boundary of qualification could be raised to accommodate students who currently pay full price, but who are also presumably feeling the pinch of the economic crisis...
...first proposed, in the mid-1950s, it was imagined as a sort of island of culture in the midst of Manhattan - a symphony hall, an opera house, a theater and a stage for ballet, all standing back a bit in their travertine glory from a neighborhood on the Upper West Side that still had some very rough edges...
...country’s most populous city. But beyond the world-famous museums, endless crowds, and innumerable clubs, Manhattan became my cupcake haven. When friends came to visit, I unknowingly turned our tour of the city into a cupcake walking tour. Interested in eating brunch near the Upper West Side? I would transform this into a tasting tour of the petite cupcakes of Magnolia Bakery at Columbus and 69th, the overpowering cupcakes of Crumbs at Amsterdam and 75th, the cream-filled cupcakes of Alice’s Tea Cup at Columbus and 73rd, and the pastel-colored cupcakes of Buttercup...
...high class. Later in life, the irascible, excitable president would recall that he had been something of an eccentric during his collegiate days. Never able to master the drawn-out “Harvard drawl” or careless “Harvard swing” that would characterize upper-class cool at the time, he pursued boxing, rowing and bird-watching with fanaticism and kept a zoo with lobsters, snakes and a tortoise, according to the Harvard Guide. Though it would be decades until the department of Women, Gender and Sexuality would come into existence, Roosevelt...