Word: detour
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Corrigan's aircraft and, deciding it owed more to Rube Goldberg than Orville Wright, refused to approve his planned transatlantic flight. Corrigan agreed to return to California--but once in the air, headed east. Touching down in Ireland 28 hours later, Corrigan, straight-faced but twinkle-eyed, attributed his detour to a faulty compass. This combination of chutzpah and heroism propelled him to international celebrity, leading to a Hollywood biopic (he played himself) and a lifetime of personal appearances...
...Jewish mother became responsible for the guilt of our Catholic friends as well. The answer is purely historical, since Catholicism is merely a popular off-shoot of Judaism--and a financially successful one at that! In effect, all Catholic mothers are just Jewish mothers whose ancestors took a detour several years...
Harvard students cringe at the though of detour. They, or I should say we, have our set plans and goals and wish to take the most direct route. Often, with such determined direction in mind, we neglect to take time out for diversion or distraction. Because we sometimes choose to cast our social life into this category of a diversion, it pales in comparison to the Harvardesque level of excellence expected and attained in the scholastic sphere...
...South American coast, seems idyllic: the giant tortoises known as galapagos, which gave the islands their name, still amble across the scrubby landscape, sea-lion pups and Galapagos penguins gaze unafraid at scuba divers, marine iguanas crawl over volcanic rocks along the shore, and strolling tourists have to detour around blue-footed boobies (a type of seabird) busily performing courtship rituals. Puerto Ayora, the islands' largest town (pop. 8,000), comprises a tranquil collection of quaint hotels, craft shops and seafood restaurants...
This being Harvard, the majority of us stumble back to our rooms with a possible detour to Noke's. We feel a sense of frustration and boredom at another wasted night (no pun intended) and are left with the overwhelming realization that the Grille is essentially, as one Harvard student put it, a "necessary evil...