Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...virtually invented movie stardom. It was Pickford who first kindled the wildfire of film-fan ardor; Charlie Chaplin, no doubt greater, was also later. And it was the 5-ft. pixie, known for playing cute or pathetic little girls, who first made the moguls pay huge sums for talent. "No--I really can not afford to work for only $10,000 a week," she coyly told Adolph Zukor of Famous Players in 1915, when that was real money...
...great huge game of chess that's being played--all over the word--if this is the world at all, you know...
...minutes into Greenspan's speech, audience members carrying huge red balloons began to file silently out of Tercentary Theater. The crowd included over 100 undergraduates, parents, graduate students and seniors still decked out in caps and gowns...
...bring a huge picture with a heavy gilt frame. Harvard hates nail holes. Instead, the Yard superintendant will provide you with "poster gum," which is basically useless. Find other ways to hang pictures, or get used to the minimalism of blank walls...
...word of caution about Harvard's student groups: Everyone's a leader. Everyone wants to have a title and a say in the group's fate, so executive boards run huge. This means you will lock antlers with people over small decisions, but it also means you can simultaneously hold a spot on the board of three different organizations at once...