Word: greener
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year's graduates. But that strategy hasn't paid off with all the permutations of New Criticism, which refused to crawl away and die, and the odds aren't in the department's favor now. As it is, students are deserting the English Department in large numbers for the greener pastures of Literature or of History and Literature...
...This was Holmes' 20th fight for his varied heavyweight titles, having switched alphabetical organizations in midstream, demonstrating that champions are really sanctioned by the public. "Just a little advice," he said, "to David Bey," who was leaning into an icepack nearby, looking younger than 28 and greener than 15 fights. "Try to be a champion outside the ring. I'm going out of this game. Someone has to take the weight...
...diverted the ship to Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert. But this time, a looming Hurricane Josephine had cooperated by veering northward, making it possible to touch down in Florida. As the astronauts debarked, a nearby sign announced: WELCOME BACK. THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER AT K.S.C...
...From whom did Tocqueville, while touring American suburbs, steal his famous one-liner that "the grass is always greener over the septic tank"? Hint: Henry David Thoreau is a good guess, but wrong...
...balance. Her editor at McGraw-Hill, Gladys Justin Carr, recalls a lunch meeting in Chicago when Bombeck was publicizing her fifth book, If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, hoping to match the previous sales of The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank. As Bombeck was about to begin her speech, a procession of waiters entered, each bearing a bowl of cherries over his head. There was laughter, then