Word: eyeful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...game of Assassin, a game which the Freshman Dean's Office and Lowell House have forbidden their constituents from playing this spring. While the Quincy rules for Assassin prohibit "killing" in the House courtyard, Quincy residents--given the renowned intensity of Assassin competition in the House--should keep an eye out for embittered bullets as well as flying frisbees and tennis balls. An excerpt from Q TIPS is as follows...
...walking through the Yard, listening to some Jammin' 94.5 absorbed in my own thoughts of summer research, when out of the corner of my eye I noticed a girl sobbing. Admittedly, I have witnessed scenes like this before: Someone either wailing or sniffling in the middle of the Yard begging for someone to respond. Usually I ignore these plaintive calls for help. I am either running late for class, involved with a conversation or perhaps just unwilling to deal with someone else's troubles, preferring to dwell in my own self-imposed misery...
...with merit, Paul claimed, was the "$5 damper on fun," as he eloquently phrased it. Like a crusty manager giving the nod to a rookie in the fourth inning of a split-squad spring-training game, he turned to me with a $5 bill and a wink of the eye, he growled, "Get out there, T.J., and show 'em how they're wrong...
...what happens? Bezos et al. are catching flak from the same quarters for not caring about profits! Hardly a day goes by that some pundit doesn't blast Net managers for spending recklessly or building without an eye toward making money. The now-stale-but-ever-prevalent knock against the e-companies goes like this: Sure, all well and good, but talk to me when they can make money, if ever. These businesses are worthless until they can make a profit...
...eye for an eye: our Serbian hosts led us to the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade to see a photo exhibit designed to justify their ethnic cleansing and brutal destruction at Vukovar. In a glass case was a steel instrument that looked like a tuning fork, but with the prongs spaced 3 1/2 in. apart. The Croat Ustache used to use the handy device to gouge out Serb prisoners' eyes, both at once. Applied art, indeed...