Word: bricked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Buchwald tells the story in the short, strong declarative sentences that are his style -- an artful, solid kind of brick masonry. Twice in his adult years, he has fallen into serious psychological depressions. "For a humorist," Buchwald admits, "I think a lot about death. During both my depressions, I contemplated suicide. My main concern was that I would not make the New York Times obituary page." He consulted a Dr. Morse in 1962: "What made him unique among psychiatrists I have known is that he stretched out on his couch and the patient sat in the chair. Morse would stare...
...knowledge of the complex topography of Cambridge sidewalks. Since the disappointed faces of those whose bootless feet a momentary miscalculation has left sloppily soaked is a common sight, we may deduce that such knowledge is rarely perfect. Tip O'Neill (the man we have to thank for our undulating brick walkways) must be laughing from his grave...
...Penn & Teller. Then there are the close-up guys who sit at your table and do tricks and jokes right in your and your date's collective face -- like the amazing Mike + Skinner. Throw in all the comics making condom jokes while sticking needles through balloons at the brick-wall comedy clubs, and you probably have two or three dozen magic acts working Vegas as I type...
...serve wood-fired rotisserie chicken," Ron Palermo, Caffe Marino's general manager said. "You can't get brick-oven pizza here...
California wood-fire pizza or Italian brick oven pizza? Or eschew it all for a farm-fresh salad? Life in the Square gets more complicated every...