Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Okay, you win--some buildings have lifts. But once inside, problems persist. Eye-contact between closing doors never does much to improve neighborly relations; pressing the right button constantly begs a meal-like "pardon my reach"; and then staring blankly at the floor indicator is pathetic anyway, since the elevators only stop on at most every third floor...
...came to Harvard because my tour-guide had great sunglasses. I suppose I should be embarrassed by such an admission; I would hope to be more analytical, less superficial. Such a profound--some say life-changing--choice could not have been founded upon something as tenuous as appropriate eye wear. Nevertheless, sunglasses lay at the heart of the matter...
...fourth rendition of the Sesame Street jam, I am beginning to appreciate the psychological factors that drive people to commit violent crimes--the fatigue, the desperation. I eye Sunkist boy's kneecaps. I envision what it would look like to shatter them with a crow bar into many tiny pieces. I suspect that such an act will harm my chances of successfully becoming a VJ, but at this point I don't give a damn...
...CAME TO HARVARD BECAUSE MY TOUR-guide had great sunglasses. I suppose l should be embarrassed by such an admission; l would hope to be more analytical, less superficial. Such a profound--some say life-changing--choice could not have been founded upon something as tenuous as appropriate eye wear. Nevertheless, sunglasses lay at the heart of the matter...
...ethnic conflicts, often with death tolls that are already tens or hundreds of times the estimated count in Kosovo. The U.S. has pursued a hodgepodge policy in the past, picking and choosing involvements based on both the humanitarian need and the geopolitical importance. The National Journal recently cast an eye back at the ethnic and civil wars that have bedeviled the past decade. Here we offer a similar look at the relationship between human cost and U.S. intervention...