Word: craning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...After coughing up a few more tokens, we pooled the coins for go at the stuffed animal crane machine. The jaws of the crane remained limp, failing to clench the plush Betty Boop I had set my sights on, so I cursed and kicked the machine. Our evening had been full to the brim with Somerville-style amusement, and we unanimously agreed to call it a night. Finding a taxi took ample effort, but after trekking a block and scaling a snow bank, we came upon the comforting sight of yellow checkers...
...virtually no reflection on (or of ) Chekhov's art and instead sketched a loose plot about marital procrastination. Most exciting in their salutations (such as "my little actress" and "daughter") and in Chekhov's evasive discussions of travel, they also made an occasional gasp at beauty ("One of the cranes has flown away. Still no rain. They're building a shed in the courtyard. The other crane is bored."). Dominick Jones, who adapted the letters, included a subtle subplot in which Chekhov sends misleading and contradictory travel plans to Olga so that he will not have to hear had news...
...Besides having a super cool website (click on the yin-yang!), the Harvard Tai Chi Tiger Crane Club offers a kick-ass, karate-choppin' good time. The club, Harvard's original martial arts group, runs the February Harvard Martial Arts Expo in Agassiz Theater and organizes the Annual Harvard Conference on Tai Chi and Health. Members of the club can choose to focus on tai chi or kung fu (there are separate practices for each, plus a joint practice on Sundays), and follow the professional leadership of Master Yon Lee. Members also perform at occasional events and make appearances...
...addition, Widener Library will begin installing an air conditioning, heating and sprinkler system. The construction, which will require a sky crane to be built between the library and Mass Ave., will not be finished for another 2.5 to three years...
Staring out from their photographs, they are the archetypal tycoons: one a steely-eyed Scot with a spade-shaped white beard; another a craggy, Ichabod Crane look-alike; the third a fat cat in striped pants with a watch chain strung across an ample paunch...