Word: creep
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They can creep up on you unexpectedly...
...blue machine -- an incorruptible, indestructible cop. Shoot him and he barely gets dented; bribe him and he turns you in. With a gait as clangorous as "Duke" Wayne's, he walks down the mean streets of tomorrow's Detroit, scaring felons with the cool metallic whisper: "Your move, creep." Who is this electronic enforcer? Flint Beastwood? Not quite. Because somewhere inside his mind's computer circuitry, images linger: of a smiling wife, of an adoring son, of the too human policeman he once might have been. Before he became . . . RoboCop...
...masters involved in training new chefs take their cue from the admonition of Yuan Mei, the 18th century poet who is considered the Brillat- Savarin of China: "Into no department of life should indifference be allowed to creep -- into none less than cookery." Instructors are trying to instill Yuan's philosophy in students at vocational schools and more advanced professional cooking schools in China. Novices first learn the intricacies of chopping and slicing, practicing on potatoes or turnips, before they graduate to basic cooking techniques and finally master the classic floral garnishes formed of fruits, vegetables, meat and eggs...
This is not to say that the other songs on Paris lack hooks. "I Will Persuade You" and "Part The Seas" will stick in your mind, no matter how hard you try to forget them. Other songs, such as "Long Hot Summer," creep into your consciousness after repeated listenings. So approach 12 Days to Paris with caution, then, because its Ugly Rock will infect you and set your Huxton Creeper side free...
...cautions that the numbers so far may not be strictly accurate. "In general," he says, "the degree of genetic influence tends to be around 50%." Attributing the 28-point gap between potency and closeness to possible sampling errors, he predicted that "social potency will drop and social closeness will creep...