Word: existing
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...oldest existing Harvard Club was founded in Chicago as a social club where Harvard alumni could get together and retain their ties to the hallowed halls of their alma mater. Today, they exist for much the same purpose...
...they all still exist. These are all different personas I’ve adopted in my life. I was born Ellen Steinberg, and I created the person I wanted to be, who was Annie Sprinkle, kind of sex goddess. And then Anya...let’s say I was a liberated slut, and then I became Anya who was a sex goddess. And it just kind of evolved over time and I integrated different personalities over the years...
Looking back, my first Harvard-Yale experience was the defining moment of my freshman year. I came away from it surprised and excited at the same time, because I simply did not expect that type of passionate rivalry to exist in the Ivy League. But as I did more research, I’ve come to realize just how storied of a rivalry Harvard-Yale really...
...Repetition as de-existence / as condoned & re-spun vapour / which continues to post-exist / as mirages across an ark / as lucid underwater scent.” Thus begins “The Bedouin Ark,” the opening poem in Will Alexander’s new collection of poetic monologues. It is not a propitious start: the combined effect of “de-existence” and “post-exist” in this context is one of self-conscious jargonizing. “Ark” is one of five shorter poems that serve...
...research that does exist has hypothesized that artists tend to be more open to and garner greater benefits from experimenting with drugs, even if these effects remain in the mind without translating onto paper or canvas. Researchers prospose that the magnitude of a substance’s psychological effects differs according to one’s genetic makeup. In her research review, “Creativity and Psychopathology: A Shared-Vulnerability Model,” Carson argues that creative individuals tend to respond more positively to the high that drugs induce, since their naturally less inhibited state is more conducive...