Word: clicks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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American citizens need to be able to count on more than occasional fits of elan. Just like the rest of us, the Army has bad days--and while they were on a not streak in Grenada some day it might not all click. If it doesn't, we'll need more than buckets of trinkets to save the country...
...tell the Macintosh what to do, one moves the pointer on the screen by sliding the mouse across the desk. Once the pointer reaches the desired item on the display, a click of the button on the mouse sets the machine in motion...
...notion"), only to be felled moments later by a mysterious snakebite. But such effects are fitted so neatly into place, their significance so finely chiseled, that one almost hears the click of the craftsman's tool. As a result, the energies of Spencer's narrative remain muted, her conclusion equivocal. Even Lex, from whom violence might have been expected (he once pointed a pistol at a triumphant Arnie on campus), drifts off in a paralysis of frustration and despair. The final chapters echo with questions like those Arnie addresses to the Buddha...
...dismal snow in Europe, the brothers came home early from the World Cup tour to Yakima for practice over Christmas. So far, their best finishes have been a third for Steve and a ninth for Phil, who says, "It's funny sometimes how quickly everything can just click in. When everything's going right, it's like a joy ride...
What the Elis hope is that the five keys to their offense--Curtin and his two top receivers, tailback Paul Andrie and fullback Jeff Bassette--will somehow click and pull together the balanced offense the Blue has come close to in several games...