Word: arrowed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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It’s very simple. You see a sticker, a yellow arrow pointing to a building, a car, a fire hydrant, a rock, a small dog, etc. You pull out your cell phone and text-message the sticker’s code to the phone number provided and then receive a short phrase of poetic or historical explanation that reveals the importance of the object. Then you place a few arrows of your own, and suddenly you’re part of a global community of people linked to each other through the expression of their love...
...spread across the country and throughout the world. From Berlin to California, people are enlivening cities with these bright yellow stickers and with the forum for communication they provide. Anyone can get involved by going to the website or by simply text-messaging the code whenever they spot yellow arrow. It’s been called a game, a form of graffiti, and the largest performance art piece ever attempted. More than just a scattering of random arrows, the project aims to create communities and bring people together...
...looks and structure, Arrested Development is like a 30-min. drama, just a hilarious one. In most network sitcoms nowadays, the wisecracking characters are aware that they're being funny. The oblivious Bluths are funny despite themselves. "To these characters," says Jason Bateman, who stars as straight-arrow son Michael, "what's happened to them is an absolute tragedy. If they knew people were laughing, they'd be deeply offended...
...world player in disease research, and its staff understand that they are part of a vital bulwark. "Hong Kong is a very strategic place to be for emerging-infectious-disease work," says Yuen. And when the next would-be superbug pops up, at least scientists will have one more arrow in their quiver...
...together taken a commendable step. With any luck this agreement will lead to more cooperation between the two historically divided camps. Expanding call-box coverage to other off-campus areas well-traveled by students—such as St. Paul’s Church between Mt. Auburn Street and Arrow Street, which was the site of another assault last year—should be a priority. As the saying goes, we are better safe than sorry...