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Despite her little learning, Ellen is something of a student of the language. She ponders little oddities of British speech: "I wonder why everything always has to be nice, a nice cup of tea, a nice plate of bread and butter." Not surprisingly, the term brothel attracts her attention: "That is a terrible word and yet also a funny word, kind of domestic in a way, it always brings back my aunt saying when I was a kid living with her: Drink it all up now, that broth'll stick to your ribs." She looks at stale sayings with...
...concert's proceeds will be donated to the Boston Coalition for the Homeless and the Boston-based Project Bread, said the organizers, Clark M. Pratt '87 and Milbert D. Shin...
Pratt, Shin, and Daniel Buchanan '88 helped serve rice, beans, and dayold baked goods provided by "Bread, not Bombs," a group whose philosophy links military budgets to hunger. The Kendall Square-based group salvages and hands out food from local restaurants and supermarkets along with anti-nuclear leaflets. The servers request but do not require payment for the food...
While the several hundred people who are expected to attend some part of the marathon concert will not be charged admission, concert organizers will ask for donations for Project Bread and the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, according to Clark M. Pratt '87, supervisor of the University Lutheran Homeless Shelter...
...recouped when a project is aborted), tin cupping (when one corporate division begs for management support) and deadheading (bypassing a senior employee in order to promote someone more junior). Computer aficionados complain about vaporware (software that has been announced but not yet produced). Advertisers refer disparagingly to white bread (consumers with bland tastes). And all business executives try to avoid a Mickey Mouse. That's a major effort that produces paltry results...