Word: boredoms
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...founded in 1865 to chase down counterfeiters, an activity it still pursues, but since the assassination of William Mc-Kinley in 1901 the Service has also been responsible for protecting the President. The agents assigned to the White House (average annual salary: $17,000) suffer through long periods of boredom when the President is not on display. But when he goes on a trip, whether to San Clemente or Peking, they work under acute tension, always braced, like sprinters on their starting blocks, for the sound of a shot. On a tour the agents are immediately recognizable: trim young...
...wedding may well be the last time the spotlight shines on Anne. Fearful of her sometimes quite visible boredom at official ceremonies, Buckingham Palace has seemingly given up on her as a royal standardbearer, just as it has on Princess Margaret...
...outline. But Author B.S. Johnson balances it with compassion and a humor that is alternately wry and ribald. Christie's adventures, whether in a bank, confectionery factory, or bed, are all double-entries. Action and futility, joy and grief, pique and nobility-everything counts, everything matters. Debit boredom, credit Johnson! A remarkable little book...
...women want to get together to talk to other women and to make friends as a release from boredom or pressure, then at least they should be honest. Hold a fashion show; call it a social event. Make some friends...
...rest had to remain horizontal at all times, except during meals when they could rest on one elbow. Diet was carefully controlled and such foods as vanilla, bananas, pineapple, coffee and tea-all of which contain chemicals that might interfere with interpretations of physiological reactions-were forbidden. Boredom was relieved by TV, stereo, books and, according to a NASA press release, "a lot of needlework by the participants...