Word: waxing
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...Sensei was a martial-arts prodigy. Kung Fu: Before any sort of martial arts, humans fought, but it was disorganized. Kung Fu was really the first martial art in the world—it orignated at the Shaolin Temple in China. FM: Ever have to “wax-on, wax-off” when you aren’t cleaning a car? Basically, have you ever applied your martial art in the real world? Aikido: Luckily, I’ve never had to. Karate: No. Kung Fu: I haven’t. FM: So much for practical...regardless: Karate...
When I say that my family is freer than most, I mean that in a fairly literal sense. While most people use these 700 words to wax poetic about how they found themselves abroad or about how their weird family is actually normal, I cannot do the same, because I have yet to find myself, and my weird family is actually weird. While I could talk about the film canister filled with leafy greens I was given over Christmas break by an extended family member or the tears that spill out of my father’s eyes whenever...
...saying, Let us go serenading and they lifted up their voice as one man and they said, Let us go. And behold we went to the city of the Philistines, and did serenade their daughters, and came home about the third hour. And the fame of the Pierians did wax exceedingly great, and did reach all the places round about Cambridge.”The evening revelry so irritated the University administration that the group was asked to disband. Gassett ignored the official request.After an uncertain first century, The Crimson congratulated the Sodality on the group’s centennial...
...Republic of Dreams” was largely inspired by the tragic resemblance Klein noticed between concentration camp prisoners who died in the Holocaust and Schulz’s soulful wax mannequin etchings...
...that stood for 81 years in the heart of the Square—few such holdouts of gritty, grungy, old Harvard Square remain. Their replacements—fast casual, ethnic fare, and fine dining—speak to an increasingly sophisticated and Disney-fied Square. Some long-time residents wax nostalgic for the old school and, along with students, lament the seemingly inexorable move upscale. Although several new arrivals hint at the promise of a revitalized, unique neighborhood, rising rent costs have left Harvard Square’s diners in a state of flux.THE LOCAL TRADITIONHarvard Square used to abound...