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...competitions. The summer after high school, she competed in the Pioneer Junior Open in Germany and the Dutch Junior Open, taking fifth and third. She spent the first half of last year at home in Connecticut working with a new coach, working part-time with the urban youth development program CitySquash, and playing in U.S. tournaments.Then Lorentzen went abroad, playing in the British and Scottish Junior Opens in the winter and taking fifth in the British. In the spring, she trained with some of the world’s best at Australia with the Institute of Sports. At the World...
...brush their hair. They don’t shave their legs either, because depriving your body of its natural hairs is like cutting down the rainforests. BOWL: High—going poo in the woods and sleeping in your socks make you smell like a poo-filled sock. The Urban “I Enjoy Getting Arrested at Protests For Third World Countries” Granola:The Urban Granola is oftentimes spotted wearing flowing, ill-fitting pants while trying to have a conversation about Friedrich Engels. Such situations are challenging (because of the pants—I mean, any fool...
...Hall—and onto the cover of Newsweek—he has levied strong criticism against the city’s teachers unions and school board members. Last night, he emphasized the importance of improving local education in solving civic problems faced by Los Angeles and other major urban areas. Villaraigosa, whose wife is a teacher, said that “reforming our public schools is the central public policy issue of our time.” “On the issue of mayoral control, I do disagree with teachers,” he said, adding that...
...HOTELS The new trend in luxury lodging is the creative lifestyle hotel. Breaking from traditional cookie-cutter conformity, five-stars are inviting artists to reimagine guests' aesthetic experiences without sacrificing comfort. To achieve this harmony of form and function, Hotel Fox in central Copenhagen let loose 21 graphic designers, urban artists and illustrators in 61 of its rooms. From wacky comical styles and fantastical street art to Japanese manga and simply spaced-out fantasies, each residence is an individual work of art. Madrid's Hotel Puerta Amrica has also gone eclectic. The boutique's 12 floors have been transformed...
...many local businesses said yesterday they expected to equal or improve upon their performances last year. And the varying successes of Harvard Square businesses point to trends in consumption and tourism in Cambridge over the holiday weekend, with growth more pronounced at larger stores and branches of national chains. Urban Outfitters claimed to be experiencing a typical rise in purchases this year, while employees at the Gap and Jasmine Sola said they were too busy to comment. “We’re steadily increasing every year,” said David Bergeron, a manager at Urban Outfitters...