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...same way every year, and so, every year, we try to mix it up a little bit and find new ways to point out the inherent inferiority of Yalies. We’d hate for them to get complacent. So, this year, rather than simply writing the usual vaguely clever but mostly lame jokes and value judgments that infer that Yale sucks, we’re going to try something different. We’ve assembled some numbers that prove, empirically, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that Yale sucks. A lot. So, to Harvard students: pat yourselves...
...uptick in donations through the end of the year as the result of a tax provision passed by Congress in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.The provision enables donors to deduct up to 100 percent of their adjusted gross income when they contribute to charities, rather than the usual 50 percent deduction.While many charities are aggressively marketing this provision to donors, Harvard has no such plans, Rapier wrote in an e-mail earlier this month.However, Rapier wrote that Harvard has included a blurb explaining the provision in the alumni newsletter, and has fielded inquiries from donors.Harvard’s declining...
While he knows that they have the skill necessary to be a formidable force in a few years, the usual concerns about whether they’ll acquire the intangibles—like the mental toughness necessary to compete and thrive in the grueling Ivy schedule—cause the veteran coach to take pause...
...audio document of Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s (née William Oldham) seasonal tour of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina. His detour in the South is reflected in the album’s sound: Oldham’s usual lo-fi folk aesthetic is dropped in favor of a Skynrydesque Southern-rawk. The album’s harder sound is also due to Matt Sweeney’s guitars: the last time Oldham and Sweeney collaborated, as the alt-country power-duo “Superwolf,” the results were...
...sure what this means. Next, we tested the structural integrity of the condoms with a water leak test. The results were shocking and mildly disturbing. After the prophylactics passed the FDA-standard 10-ounce test, we crammed them with 400 ounces of water—literally 40 times the usual amount—and each passed with flying colors. Zero breakage. Because nothing weighs on you more than a broken condom, FM stole some free weights to test durability. By wrapping the condoms around the weights and hanging them from a doorknob, we discovered that Trojan managed to hold...