Word: chickened
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...card checker was wearing one of those flocked plastic top hats you can buy at party supply stores. The tables were spread with white cloths anchored by vases of roses, and the little paper cards taped to the sneeze guard announced entrée names riddled with cedillas: Chicken Français! Tomato Provençal! Harvard University Dining Services rarely affects this level of sophistication when juniors’ parents aren’t in attendance; clearly, something was afoot...
While I doubted very much that any diva who had just captured a golden statue would be eating Chicken Français à la HUDS, and while it was difficult to see how outfitting the kitchen staff with plastic top hats would catch us up on any film other than 1935’s Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire spectacular “Top Hat” (which garnered four Oscar nominations but not a single win), I found HUDS’ efforts touchingly quixotic. How deeply invested in the Academy Awards could any Harvard student be? The awards?...
RIVERS AND TIDES. A documentary about erosion may sound as appetizing as a plate piled high with General Wong’s Chicken, but filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer has apparently met the challenge and created an erosion movie worth seeing. Rivers and Tides tracks artist Andy Goldsworthy, a Scottish sculptor of what he dubs “earthworks,” organic creations positioned in a fashion and location that leaves them vulnerable to the elements. Works of stone, ice and wood are placed on land or in the sea in such a way that they are beaten into uselessness...
...cuts of meat killed according to Kosher laws sit proudly in the display cases. The remainder of the store is divided into aisles filled with prepackaged Kosher foods, imports from Israel and other gourmet items: pre-cooked and frozen potato latkas, bottles of geflite fish balls, matzoh balls and chicken broth. Nearby the butcher’s area sits a baked goods section. A new variety of hamantaschen made its debut: chocolate-dipped hamantaschen ($4.99). The babka, a dense loaf with alternating layers of soft dough and chocolate, is a true indulgence ($6.99). The 24 oz. bread can feed many...
...college bar. Basically it’s the Quincy Grille, if you could get a pint of Guinness or a vodka tonic with the chicken fingers. It’s the social space that everyone at Harvard dreams of. There aren’t any elite social gatekeepers—everyone in the college seems to feel comfortable there—and it’s got foosball, a pool table and darts. There are also different theme nights which are dubbed “bops.” Basically, it’s a dance where they...