Word: annoy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...erect: running Camembert, soft watches, sagging loaves of flesh held up by crutches. Naturally all this was much more shocking 50 years ago than it is today: Dali was regularly denounced by Fascists and Stalinists alike as a decadent threat to youth. When he could no longer annoy either the bourgeoisie or the self- appointed guardians of the proletariat, he mortally offended the avant- garde by embracing Franco and the Pope, and was duly drummed out of the surrealist group...
Organized pickets or demonstrations may only annoy the members and consolidate their resolve to remain exclusionary. But a boycott could stop the clubs in their sexist tracks. No members, no money; no parties, no bimbo bashes, no fun. A boycott would send the clubs a message: "You want to be exclusive, go ahead, but you do it alone. We came to Harvard to learn from each other...
LIVING with carefully chosen roommates, I became somewhat insulated to the zealous anality that runs rampant in this community. Certainly my roommates have habits that annoy me, but living with them eases the frustration. Of course, it still drives me batty when they don't rinse my razor, and it's clogged with hair. Outside my room, however, I have less tolerance, less compassion...
Students, alumni, and even Yale townies seem to find that this motto is just sharp enough to annoy Yalies, but not so obscene that it can't be worn by mother...
Baby M: You guys are starting to annoy me. Decide soon so I don't have to spend the rest of my life being teased for having such a stupid name...