Word: insertive
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...look for—a name, a place, an allusion, an object, a brand of deodorant, the titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading, and this is what gets A’s. Underline them, capitalize them, insert them in the top, “Illustrate;” “Be specific;” etc.? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your bluebook...
Audience members at the Dec. 11 speech were reminded of Harvard’s free speech rules when a brief statement from the free speech guidelines was read before Wen’s arrival. An insert that came with the ticket also said, “Members of the audience are asked to be courteous and not interrupt the speaker or disrupt the meeting...
...Australians and the way they speak. Forget the Crocodile Hunter (never seen it), Outback Steakhouse (never been there) and especially forget everything to do with Russell Crowe (he’s actually from New Zealand). Tired of the looks of terror from unsuspecting FM compers when I attempt to insert apparently nonsensical Aussie idioms into their stories, weary of the mirth which greets my distinctive idiom during editors’ meetings, and most of all, utterly fatigued from people asking me if Fosters really is Australian for beer (um, no), the time has come for a comprehensive guide to genuine...
...that the FM staffers pull a second all-nighter that week to restuff the copies of FM with a new center spread. Perhaps we should have run the distorted spread and not come back in at 4 a.m. that Thursday morning to blast music, eat donut holes and systematically insert the 3,000 new spreads until 8 a.m. The issue wasn’t door-dropped and my relaxed post-spring break feeling was killed, but schlepping a stack of fresh FMs into Mather Dining Hall at 8 a.m. and seeing the 10 students there pounce on it kind...
...month ago, all Choi Pyong Jin had to do to feed his habit was insert one of his 18 credit cards into a bank ATM. Out came borrowed money, about $25,000 a month, which he shoveled into his ailing business?until the day of reckoning. Crushed by debt that far exceeded his annual income, Choi was forced to sell his house to pay off some of the card companies, but he still owed $113,000. A few weeks ago, he decided to break the pattern that had precipitated his financial ruin. He took scissors to his credit cards...