Word: finger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when you link a fantasy culture to the wondrous American inventory of guns, you may now and then get a little terrorist. Guns fire vicious daydreams into the actual. Squint and point, and one magic trigger-finger's twitch, the merest spasm of impulse, may send the world into mayhem. That is a power so seductive that it might even have a little Satan...
...tricks offered range from the classic to the absurd, but are all reasonably priced--almost everything is under $10. Oldies-but-goodies fill the shelves: disappearing ink, joy buzzers, whoopee cushions, two headed nickels, trick decks of cards, finger traps and snakes that pop out of mixed nut cans. They're joined by the less-clicheed instant worms, fake spilled nail polish, a hugely popular rubber brain, fake parking tickets and life-like stick-on faucets...
Next time you're about to comment nastily about the bright yellow laundry bag, hold your tongue, put your finger on the side of your nose, and show your classmates that you support them. PAUL S. GUTMAN...
...event in theentire story involves a day trip the doctor takesto a meeting in London designed to introducepsychiatrists to the intricacies of managed healthcare. Two completely inexperienced recent collegegraduates are presiding over the seminar, their"consulting strategies and advice" to the room ofprominent and respected therapists about as usefulas finger-painting is to a high school senior. Theonly person at all interested in these theories isDudden, who can't comprehend why his colleaguesdon't appreciate these business skills that haveclearly allowed psychology to thrive in the UnitedStates. The scene is colored with a wonderful castof both idealistic and embittered secondarycharacters...
...wary-looking Mike McCurry, giving his most trepid press briefing since the last week in January -- back when Monica Lewinsky became a household name. Unlike then, there was no angry statement from the President. His denials had already been made in a sworn deposition. Rather than jabbing his finger at the camera, Clinton declared himself "mystified and disappointed by this turn of events...