Word: clippinger
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Clipping Big Bird's Wings. The last British Airways Concorde aircraft will reportedly be sold to Dubai (along with the Queen Elizabeth 2) as a tourist attraction on Palm Jumeirah. The supersonic BA fleet was grounded six years ago and all the other aircraft were donated to museums, except this...
The manicurist, when he arrived, was a short, balding man who looked like a taxi driver. Without much small talk, he covered his lap with purple towels and set my feet on top of them. Then he commenced clipping and filing with quiet concentration.
If waiters are good, they're subtle. I know a waiter who was good at accidentally clipping people in the back of the head with his tray. Another technique is making people wait when they've ordered wine. You make them stew. Or you put in their steak order as...
In 1991, nine days after they concluded their deliberations, a jury of Daniel Rakowitz’ peers determined that he, a part-time cook and “professional marijuana-guru” living in Manhattan’s East Village, was mentally ill and thus was not accountable for...
Rampant conjecture about academic standards, accusations leveled at the coaching staff, and debate over recruits have recently placed Harvard’s barketball program in the national spotlight and diverted attention away from the games themselves. Amidst mostly unwelcome attention, however, a basic reality has been overlooked. This season is...