Word: hook
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...must be left unseen. "Some things are absolutely intriguing--for example, watching people put on make-up or admire themselves in the mirror. But I don't want to watch people making out." Of course, this isn't a particularly frequent occupational hazard, but even at Harvard, people do hook up, (all too often right in front of their windows.) "Exposed flesh is just out. I'm not a pervert. It's more like an anthropological study." She mentions that she may try to integrate this into an upcoming photo project ("because people are so much better when they...
...more (see sidebar), terms that divulged some action while remaining remarkably vague. As students moved through high school and on to college, new terms of choice came and went, varying by region and clique. Yet, the indecisive spirit remained, denying any prying listeners insight beyond the initial, well, "hook...
...Harvard, the preferred expression of sexual activity does seem to be "to hook up with." Why? "The attractiveness is in the ambiguity," admits Mark A. Begnaud '01. Most tend to agree: be it from embrassment, inhibition or a sense of privacy, students generally appreciate and embrace the uncertainty rather than consider it a problem. Rob F. Bittencourt '01 concurs, saying "it's convenient--you know you don't want to get into details. It's like kissing and telling, but it's really not." Although none are sure if the term is preferred nationwide, Jean C. Park '00 says about...
When Werner Erhard (born John Paul Rosenberg) founded Erhard Seminars Training, Inc. in 1971, the former used-car salesman from Philadelphia had a hook. Born of the theater-of-the-absurd atmosphere of the late 1960s, est (Latin for "it is") promised to help people get "it," whatever "it" was. Erhard's 60-hour seminars were strenuous ordeals, complete with "body catchers" and barf bags for the weak of mind and stomach. Trainers applauded bladder control and cursed those who didn't get it. Still, Erhard and his message proved popular, even winning celebrity advocates. Then, after two decades...
...prospects for war largely depended on sensitive diplomatic negotiations centered on the U.N. Inside knowledge of those secret discussions could give an adversary or even an ally an edge over Washington, as the White House struggled to prevent countries like France and Russia from letting Saddam Hussein off the hook...