Word: cramming
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...ceramic shards. Unlike his garden gnomes, Gesson wasn't home when the earthquake struck his home earlier in the afternoon, sending a wide crack up the wall of his kitchen, where broken plates, beer cans, and paper lie in a chaotic heap on the floor. As his neighbors cram mattresses and suitcases into cars as they head for the homes of relatives in nearby Reykjavik, Gesson can't say where he plans to go. "I don't know," he says, frustrated, and retreats back inside to survey the damage...
...years, Lamont won’t be the only place where students cram for finals. Last week, the Harvard Art Museum released images of planned renovations to the Sackler, Fogg and Busch-Reisinger Museums, due to be renovated over the next five years. Designed by renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, the renovations will physically unite the three current museums, and will feature ample study rooms and an open courtyard conducive to working. Plans to change the structure of the Harvard Art Museum buildings have been in the works since 2003, when current Museum director Thomas W. Lentz was appointed...
...quite modest length to carry comfortably. It feels to me a little rushed and breathless, despite the fact that it is generally well-played and is beautifully photographed in a low-key burnished light by Robert Elswit, who just won an Oscar for There Will be Blood. This cram-it-all-in manner is particularly surprising given that the film is obviously a labor of love for Mamet, who tells us in a director's statement that he has spent something like five years learning jiu-jitsu and is passionately committed to the values it represents and promotes. I also...
...lung packing. In order to maximize the amount of air taken into the lungs before apnea, Blaine, among other divers, inhaled until his lungs were filled to their physiological capacity, and then forced additional air into the lungs by swallowing, hard. Using this technique, Blaine was able to cram another quart's worth of air into his already full lungs, Potkin estimates. (He also fasted before before the actual record breaking act, in order to have more room for his lungs to expand without bumping up against a full stomach.) In a study of five elite free divers, who descend...
...teams, so I’d be happy regardless of the outcome,” she said. “But I’m so happy about Harvard’s win.” Despite the exam’s difficulty, the winners said they did not cram for the exam. “The team members didn’t prepare all together,” Abel said. “I prepared a little bit by looking through some previous exams, but nothing too extreme.” Tripathy said that winning competitions...