Word: waylaying
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...tasty scone. Despite its proximity to several river Houses, few Harvard students seem to be aware of its existence, making this townie gem as unlike Lamont Café as possible. 3. Café Pamplona: Better known to humanities concentrators as the place your TFs are most likely to waylay you as you’re rushing to turn in a paper due at 4, this café is charming in more relaxed situations. The outdoor tables may resemble those on the streets of Paris more than in the squares of the Basque Country from which the institution takes it name...
...Announced layoffs are still in the process of becoming reality, and a few more ticks in the national unemployment rate could waylay a lot of trips to the mall, the beach, Grandma's house or wherever the dollars get spent. But the fact that confidence is back on the rise as summer begins is the best sign anybody's got that the Great American Shopper has not acquired the exquisite sensitivity to economic conditions and expectations displayed by your average Wall Street trader. And nobody's complaining about that...
...temperature in the gymnasium housing the debate will be a carefully regulated 65 degrees. Not so cold as to require Bush to wear his Yale scarf (thereby infuriating the partisan Boston audience) but cool enough to waylay Gore's sweat glands' unfortunate tendency to overreact under pressure...
...last time Harvard played at Cornell in the playoffs, the fans supposedly did not bother to wait until game-day to waylay the Crimson. Somehow, the numbers of the team's hotel rooms in Ithaca entered public domain, and of course, the team was crank-called all night long...
...projectile-throwing tantrum at the Yankees-Red Sox game at Fenway Park and the abuse of European golfers at the Ryder Cup in Brookline, Mass., suggest an answer: legal hooliganism. Teams will sponsor cells of well-trained, remorseless thugs ready at any moment to storm the field and waylay players. Athletes will be expected to hone those skills necessary to contend with this exciting new variable...