Word: hellos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...feeding frenzy for banks finally caught your attention. All it took was the two biggest bank deals ever, within a week of history's biggest deal of any kind--also involving a bank. If you're just now planning to invest around this craze, hello, you're late. Very late. But all good manias last longer than they should, and this one probably will too. If you are not put off by sky-high valuations or a possible turn for the worse in the banking cycle, yes, you may yet crack open the vault with bank stocks...
...teeter down the stairs, I pass one of my male neighbors and brace myself for his reaction. But he only grins "Hello" and then averts his eyes. I know I have the body of a 12 year old boy, but shouldn't skimpy clothes cause more of a reaction than that...
...good for posture. I click-clack my way into the UC office to pick up posters. Good lord, the Vice President and Campus Life Committee Chair are schmoozing on the couch--will they ever think of me the same way again? I hide behind some boxes and mutter a hello. These shoes are killing...
...enter Kirkland Dining Hall, heads pick up--male heads, of course. I pass by a female friend who normally says hello to me. She glances at me briefly, then keeps her head down without acknowledging me. When I ask the female dining checker where I can put the UC collection boxes, two male staff workers at the table near the desk immediately answer for her, pointing out energetically where I can place the boxes. She rolls her eyes and tells me where to go. As I leave, two staff workers stop talking to stare at me. I'm gradually losing...
...suggesting that everybody greet and act friendly with everybody else, especially those people you just don't like. Anybody who has seen a certain episode of "Seinfeld" knows that saying hello to everybody around is you is completely futile and extremely annoying. It is, after all, everybody's God-given right to be mean...