Word: diversionism
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Much of the change that has come over Carew stems from a night in 1968. He went out to a local nightspot with friends for drinks and a favorite diversion, girl watching. That evening, Marilynn Levy had gone to King Solomon's Mines to celebrate her 23rd birthday with...
The year is 1972, and Colonel "Tusker" Smalley (Indian Army, ret.) is ensconced at an out-of-the-way Indian hill station called Pankot. Unlike most of the British, Tusker never pulled up stakes. He and his wife Lucy, "the last survivors of Pankot's permanent retired British residents...
Then it began, but in a way that would not immediately arouse suspicion. Shouts erupted, bodies swirled together in the yard: two inmates were fighting. Instantly, the other convicts began to shove and jostle each other to get to the scene of the action. They seemed to be reacting simply...
This time at least, Beth had women friends to spend time with. She spent innumerable hours going out for coffee--and talking about men. She talked about how to snag one, where to find one and why she didn't have one. A lot of the stories her friends related...
Laughter is a spontaneous, and by definition, involuntary spasm of mind and body, a confluence of intellect and instinct in a moment of revelation. This is why written humor, deprived of an active context, so often fails. This is why the expression "Ha-ha" appears so pathetic on the page...