Word: interrupts
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Tony is not halfway to the end of his adventures when he follows Miss Doubloon to her home town. Absurdities interrupt non sequiturs. Plot grows so complicated that it seems easier to tell than summarize. But De Vries is only half kidding. The fine cutting edge of his comic vision comes, as always, from the sense that there is hell to pay. The author, a resident staffer at The New Yorker, was raised a Dutch Calvinist, and he is a past master at striking antithetical poses. He is at once the liberal humanist, tolerantly condoning free expression and yearnings...
...less damaging. University of Wisconsin researchers exposed monkeys to loud, irritating noise but allowed half of them to interrupt the sound by pulling on a chain. Though both groups of monkeys were exposed to the same noise, those with access to the chain showed lower levels of stress-related hormones in their blood. Being in control seemed to make the difference...
First, she tells him, she will talk about the Queen, who has just completed a visit to California, and runs through her jokes about the Queen's clothes ("Gowns by Helen Keller"). Then she suggests that if Carson wants to interrupt her-the Tonight show is only slightly less spontaneous than a shuttle launch-he might ask her if she saw Nancy Reagan during the Queen's visit. "I'll say: 'She was at my house for lunch! Do you know why people turn off on Nancy Reagan? She's too pretty. They expect...
...adult development course meets in a two-hour lecture every Friday afternoon with a one-hour section during the week. Harry M. Lasker, lecturer on Education, faces the unusually large class--more than 70 students who scrawl down notes from his casually delivered lecture. The students frequently interrupt Lesser's presentation with questions and Lesser leaves time at the end of the two hours to field any other questions the students might have...
Three women attend the section, and all are initially skeptical that women use language much differently from men, citing their experience at Harvard. After a brief, informal and sometimes halting discussion, Vicky focuses on the issue of how conversations progress, and cites studies showing that men interrupt far more than women do. She contrasts the world of Harvard with her own background in rural Montana. By the end of the hour, the women have been gently hooked...