Word: checker
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...time I made the card-checker lick the machine while I watched...
...notable innovations were to fill my bag with popcorn and to place an adult magazine entitled “Over 50” in my bag for the security checker to see. In both cases, the guards were nonplussed, and I had to lie about their reactions to make the article entertaining. A few years later, now a seasoned editor of the magazine, I constantly kicked myself for not thinking of additional ways to shock and confuse the library checkers. More food—hot food. Tennis balls that rolled out all over the checker desk and floor. A diorama...
...fact, a look at modern cheerleading reveals that it bears about as much resemblance to parents' memories of the perky sideliners as Chubby Checker does to Beyonce Knowles. As any viewer of espn's popular National High School Cheerleading Championships knows, contemporary cheerleading is part rigorous sport and part Vegas-style entertainment. The tension between the two is prompting schools, communities and national cheerleading associations to lay down some guidelines about what is and what is not acceptable along the sidelines...
...infamous “Debauchery.” Tom Dow`03 recounts last year’s scandalous event. “You couldn’t move. It was disgusting. You had to push through sweaty, nasty bodies to get anywhere. There were people dancing on the food-checker line. It was out of control in a bad way. People got physically hurt.” In addition, alcohol served in the House courtyard intoxicated partygoers who then clogged bathroom sinks with vomit. “You couldn’t wash your hands. It was just ridiculous...
...CHUBBY CHECKER wants respect. You'd think then that the first place he might go is city hall and revert to birth name Ernest Evans. But no. The Chubster is marching on a different hall: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. As footloose popularizer of the Twist, Checker wants a statue of his likeness erected in the Hall of Fame's courtyard for services to dancing. (He also popularized the Fly, the Pony and the now legendary Hucklebuck.) "This is Nobel Prize territory," he insists. The quest came to him after an appearance...