Word: float
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Edgar is no stranger to portentousness. Three years earlier he watched the German airship Hindenburg float overhead on its way to Lakehurst, N.J., where it exploded at its mooring. But such encounters with history are few and infrequent. Mostly he catalogs childhood sights and sounds: his dog Pinky, knickers and knee socks, a backyard igloo in winter, a beach in summer. Occasionally his mother Rose breaks into the narrative to complain about her respectable poverty, her husband's failure as a businessman, his card playing and carousing. Dave Altschuler is part owner of a music store located in Manhattan...
Kushner himself, however, is remarkably contained; he is thin and demure behind wiry, scholarly glasses. He keeps his hands clasped when not talking, though they float up in superfluous gestures when he is. His speaking does not erupt in the same way as his characters’ speech...
...that look and taste like sushi and whole carbonated grapes that fizz when you pop them into your mouth (he calls them "champagne"). Lately he has been experimenting with food levitation. By injecting helium into froths and zapping smaller substances with an ion-particle gun, he hopes someday to float plate-free meals above the dining-room table. Cantu says Oscar Meyer representatives recently approached him about helping them create a kid-friendly edible menu. Instead he persuaded them to consider edible advertising. "Think about opening up a magazine and finding a secret-coded flavor," he says, imagining children tasting...
...there are projection screens in sight. For a short break, follow the lanterns to the old school Pac Man and pinball machines. After a few games, slide into a dark, romantic booth at deVille, the attached restaurant, where you and your honey can enoy sirloin ($19) or a Guinness Float ($7). Want a souvenir? Buy a Kings t-shirt or a Von Dutch bowling...
Freese began the game float serving but moved to jump serves when Harvard held a lead. He recorded four aces in addition to seven blocks and five kills...