Word: instantly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...began gaining 2 lbs. an hour. She dined at first on a baby formula of cream mixed with mushed-up herring and vitamins--sort of a whale version of New England clam chowder--and later switched to bottom feeding on a diet of krill. She became an instant Sea World celebrity, and the p.r. apparatus sprang into gear; there were J.J. souvenirs, live J.J. images on Sea World's Website, even J.J. banners flying in front of Sea World...
...with a captivatingly plaintive edge. She is mediagenic in the extreme--resembling a slacker Courtney Cox--with big, imploring eyes and the kind of perfect cheekbones that suggest there may be a career in runway work awaiting if her music ever runs dry. Such looks have made her an instant hit in fashion and music magazines and on TV; Saturday Night Live put her on the air even before her album reached the stores. If she can keep coming up with hits like the sugary, ubiquitous single Torn, she shouldn't have much trouble maintaining stardom...
That same day, in the midst of battle, I flanked the boy with yellow teeth and sidearmed a perfect strike at his head. I knew I'd nailed him the instant the rock left my fingers. The missile struck him in the temple, and he clutched his head and fell to his knees, blood gushing through his fingers. I fled in horror, and the war was over. But I secretly cherished a certain involuntary glow of pleasure at the perfect bull's-eye I'd thrown...
Suddenly, the fire alarm began its high caterwauling screech. An instant later, we, the Luau crew, protected from the elements only by aloha shirts, shorts, slippers, and a few layers of delicate flower leis, were asked to leave the building and brave the 20 degree weather. We trembled outside for about a half an hour, waiting for the fire department. The conversation drifted quickly from the initial euphoria of the success of the luau to how much we missed home and why the heck we were in Boston in the first place. "Why'd you come to Harvard?" someone asked...
...absurd, but are all reasonably priced--almost everything is under $10. Oldies-but-goodies fill the shelves: disappearing ink, joy buzzers, whoopee cushions, two headed nickels, trick decks of cards, finger traps and snakes that pop out of mixed nut cans. They're joined by the less-clicheed instant worms, fake spilled nail polish, a hugely popular rubber brain, fake parking tickets and life-like stick-on faucets...