Word: playgrounds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...short ceremony at Carter Playground culminated in Summers’ presentation of a poster-sized $475,000 Harvard check to the city of Boston in support of the Boston Youth Fund and the Harvard After School Initiative (HASI), a group of 16 organizations offering educational programs for local youth. The event—which featured brief speeches from Summers and Menino—centered on Tenacity, an after-school and summer program combining free tennis lessons with reading-skill development...
...five minutes into driving class. The only racing demon in the cast was Charlize Theron. "My parents were both mechanics," she says. "I grew up with engines and cars. It's under my skin." Theron loved the stunt aspect of her role. "To have downtown L.A. as your playground--driving fast and doing 360s--is like being a kid and getting away with murder...
Location: Playground one block past Mather, near Peabody Terrace
...will get the ball moving,” Chopra said of the council’s action. “Everyone knows that [the MAC] is one of the worst atrocities of College life. It is closer to an elementary school playground...
Neil Armstrong meant to say "That's one small step for a man," adapting the phrase from a children's playground game. Instead, because of intense radio static, Mission Control in Houston--and the rest of mankind--heard, "That's one small step for ... man, one giant leap for mankind," which became one of the most famous sentences of the 20th century. If the audio failed, the images were indelible, as a camera mounted on the base of the lunar-landing vehicle beamed back the otherworldly milestone. Ohio-born Armstrong, then 38, had become the first earthling on the moon...