Word: coversation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The earlier word was "quality," whose utterance was meant to mark off a given artwork from the swarm of others and confirm the precision of a collector's taste. Interesting has the opposite effect. It suspends judgment, covers the rear, and defends the vacuum-cleaner habits of a cultural mass...
Unsuspecting Schinus boosters have since learned that the Brazilian pepper is a hardy trespasser, resistant to burning and with a proclivity for overrunning cleared land. It now covers thousands of acres along the Everglades' Atlantic and Gulf coastlines and has begun to establish itself among coast-loving mangroves. This worries...
Many Congressmen would just as soon lower their sights to an easier target: a minimum tax on corporations and individuals. It would appeal to voters outraged by large corporations that pay no taxes (128 out of 250 large corporations in one study), and by wealthy individuals whose lawyers manage to...
I know she tried to keep her feelings inside, her fear inside, and not let us know. She never complained. I remember she was really sick and was sitting on the couch. I went up to her and I remember climbing on her back and saying, "Play with me, play...
The Smiths are not a pretty sight either; maybe that is why only study working-class types appear on their album covers. Four uncharismatic youths from Manchester fronted by an ascetic-looking vegetarian with a voice like a choir boy crossed with Slim Whitman, the Smiths burst out in '84...