Word: uprightness
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...audibly regular. In the photos of herself in her room, Waterman is usually hugging a friend, and always flashing her wide, white grin. The photographs taken of her tonight will be different. Her face is serious, almost frowning, as she tries to hold her flag steady and perfectly upright. It wasn’t easy, she says later, because the flag was very heavy, especially for a woman. She was nervous about the technicalities at first: the flag is not supposed to touch the ground or brush the ceiling. But as she marches those worries disappear, and she contemplates...
...this year’s first intercollegiate Battle of the Bands. Two Harvard groups competed with acts from Berklee College of Music and Northeastern University to win over the audience that filled the upstairs of Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square. The Berklee indie group, Fly Upright Kite, came in first place with Harvard’s well-known Major Major tying with Northeastern’s Stolen Records for second. The all-girl Harvard rock band, Plan B for the Type A’s finished third. Harvard’s own non-profit record label, Veritas...
...grille and hinder airflow, the new car prevents overheating by drawing in air below the bumper DRIVER'S SEAT By shifting it 4 in. (10.2 cm) closer to the car's midline, the driver is more protected from impacts on his side WINDSHIELD It is built more upright to increase drag and slow...
...takes the seat for a final time at Commencement this June, the question of its next occupant will likely still be hanging in the air. Ironically, leading the University is much like sitting in the president’s chair. It’s a tad uncomfortable and remaining upright requires a constant balancing act. In the case of the furniture, a triangular seat means the entire framework of the back rests on a single back leg, making it easy to tip from side to side. By any measure, the University has far more legs (9 faculties, 13 schools...
...looms over the ancient town of Montalcino, the birthplace of Brunello, just 40 km southeast of Siena. From the fortress, I devoured the panoramic view of the Tuscan countryside. In the distance, the grapevine leaves were as colorful as New England's autumnal best. Clumps of olive trees and upright cypresses were shadowed by the brooding Monte Amiata. The whole ambience was distilled in the Brunello I was drinking. Seeing my red-wine-stained teeth, a friend handed me some freshly plucked sage leaves and instructed me to rub my teeth clean with them. "Old custom," he said. It worked...