Word: delights
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...causes of the catalogue boom are clear. Few things can delight shoppers weary of long lines, costly transportation and surly salespeople as much as thumbing through a richly illustrated booklet amid the comforts of home. Carol Lefcourt, a financial planner who heads a company in Palo Alto, Calif., likes to soak in a warm bubble bath while catalogue shopping. She says that she has not stepped inside a department store in 15 years...
...haters delight in announcing that a Siamese will not faithfully drool in your lap for a kind word like a Labrador retriever. Even the most fervid owners of felines can be surprised-almost to cardiac arrest-by their pets' peculiarities. Your cat lurks in the dark attic just when you thought you were alone. As a form of endearment, he may jump on your shoulder from the top of the refrigerator. He may refuse all food until you cook the same kind of bacon-and-cheese sandwich he enjoyed a week ago. He will, in the meantime, deposit...
...worst movies every conceived: Twisted Brain. They Saved Hitler's Brain. Varan the Incredible. Terror in the Jungle. The combined budget for these classics doesn't approach what the Reagans spend on china. One night, the title thus announced is The Terror. I salivate with delight, in anticipation of true terribleness. The stars' names appear. Boris Karloff. Well, he made a lot of goofs. Sandra Knight. Where have I heard that name? Jack Nicholson...
...expressed pleasant surprise at the quality of Ivy League soccer. "As a sophomore I really feared that high school would be the end of my soccer days," Carrillo said. "But, it's such a delight here. At this level, there's so much more talent and it's that much more...
...their dinner parties and receptions that the relationships are created without which the machinery of Government would soon stalemate itself." This suggests that gossip is too important to be left to gossip writers, who occupy a rather lowly place in journalistic hierarchies. Gossip writing requires snoopy eavesdropping, a delight in malice and a readiness to go into print with one side, or one piece of a story. A double standard exists for gossip: it doesn't have to be as thoroughly documented as a news story. One question Bradlee has difficulty answering is why, if he believed the Carter...