Word: weirdness
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...term is still closely associated with Stalin. The careful choice of words doesn't change the message, though. Indeed, some 70 years ago, urban legend has it that a little boy asked his father about Stalin. The father duly explained that Stalin was this country's Vozhd. "That's weird," the precocious progeny mused aloud. "I gathered from books that only primordial tribes needed a Vozhd. Civilized countries have constitutional governments...
...traders, the research is by no means an encouragement to abuse steroids. They're "the most dangerous chemical you can put in your body," says Coates. Doing so would mean "changing your body, your brain, the memories you recall, growth, your mood," he adds. "And they're weird." Gordon Gekko might simply say they're for wimps...
...aesthetic movement. The show opens with 20 maidens lamenting their unrequited love for the “fleshly” poet of the town, the sullen Reginald Bunthorne (Roy A. Kimmey III ’09). Modeled after Oscar Wilde, Reginald’s “weird fancy” had somehow alighted on Patience (Annie Levine ’08), the village milk-maid. But Patience, dressed simply and unadorned, claims that she “won’t go to bed until I’m head over heels in love.” Her wishes...
...there’s one thing the Qube and the three stores offer, it’s an opportunity for those “educated” people to easily expose themselves to the cultural resurgence of comics.“It’s weird to say this,” Reyes laughs, “but comics are cool again.”—Staff writer Abe J. Riesman can be reached at riesman@fas.harvard.edu...
...Many had fried things; some offered just beer. Some were filled with regulars downing pints; others were primarily for tourists coming to taste. And just as American wineries now grow grapes from nearly every European region, I was able to sample all the world's beer styles, from the weird red Lambics of Belgium, which taste like Sour Patch Kids candy, to chocolaty Irish porters...