Word: bagging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Drawing upon that ever-vexing subject--imaginary kids--"And Baby Makes Seven" involves a thoroughly 90's grab-bag family arrangement. With the indispensable help of friend Peter (Christopher J. Arruda), Anna (Heather Sullivan) and Ruth (Christine Blake) have moved towards having a real child, and Ruth is therefore very pregnant. But the young women have already been nurturing three children whose personalities they assume now and then: the legendary French wild child, raised by wolves; an endearing little child prodigy; and the character who floats up, up, and away in the children's lit classic, "Le Ballon Rouge...
Inevitable as death, ineffable as love, unappealing as the sudden appearance of jowls, the impulse to make strange little grunting noises when you stand up, sit down or bend over hits everyone in different ways. For some, it may first occur when hoisting a bag of groceries; for others, it may happen when stooping to pick up a toddler or crouching to tie a shoe. Typically, the strange little grunting noises never sound like much--a weary uhhh as the weight of the body is raised or lowered. Sometimes the uhhh may be followed by a few expressive words, like...
...hobbled over to the information desk, dragging my 75-pound duffel bag, determined to take control of the situation and hoping the daintily-clad attendants in pink uniforms would come to my rescue. The two of them looked panicked as I approached. "Is this where people usually meet?" I mumbled in Japanese. They seemed to understand and nodded yes. I took my chances and decided to ask Osaka Gas, hoping for the faintest sign of recognition. Perhaps he had left a note for me. But their confused looks and empty nods revealed they had no idea what I was talking...
...Redux went--deep thoughts about food without deep cravings. Though I didn't exercise much, I sensibly ate lots of chopped salads and grilled vegetables and avoided French fries and pasta. Midnight binges were limited to munching a few potato chips rather than pigging out on the usual half-bag. I didn't suffer any short-term memory loss, nor did I experience a Prozac-like up feeling. There were occasional headaches and a tingly, spaced-out sensation, as if my skull were tightening around my brain...
...fellow parishioner collapsed in her pew. Rather than call 911 to rush the 96-year-old woman to the hospital, Bayne asked the ushers to take her to the church parlor. The doctor, who is something of a gadget freak, was equipped for any contingency. Stashed in his black bag--actually a blue-and-gray fishing-tackle box--was a miniaturized version of every diagnostic tool he needed to assess her symptoms, as well as a full supply of standard emergency-care drugs to treat them. "You've got to stop thinking about bricks and mortar," Bayne says. "Today...