Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Summer lovin.' Guys can drop the 'H-bomb and actually cause a stir. Ladies, this is your chance to meet lots of sophisticated older...
Three years ago, Milton Jones was watching a "Nightline" report on the still-unsolved Unabomber case when he suddenly realized there was a hidden message in the attacks. At the time, investigators were trying to figure out the meaning of the wooden components found in the bombs, and the references to wood and other elements of nature in the choice of victims. Jones, then a graduate student in American Literature at Brigham Young University, theorized that the Unabomber was using a literary technique called juxtaposition. By mailing an explosive device to a person named Wood, or someone living on Aspen...
Among those whose backgrounds you don't know, however, the impact of the H-bomb is difficult to assess, often leading students to dread telling someone. "I'm plagued with anxiety about it," says Isaac J. Lidsky '99. "Even if I want the person to know, I get really uncomfortable when I actually have to say it--basically it sounds obnoxious...
Technique becomes especially important when it comes to finessing social situations, such as potential romances. The H-bomb seems to have a curious effect on romantic interests. Even trying to assess whether the effect is positive or negative may sometimes be difficult. Most agree that it works in different ways for men and for women (for a biological explanation of this phenomenon, take Science B-29). Yet, those women interviewed agree that the Harvard name is a definite asset for undergraduate men on the prowl...
...mouth, and his eyebrows arch in a pale imitation of Austen Powers' Dr. Evil. He explains. "I don't say it unless I absolutely have to. If a girl probes enough that I have to say it, that means that I already have her attention and the H-bomb takes her home...