Word: itemization
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...bedeviled the set designer who had opted for a collage of old transistors and fence wiring. It's all avant-garde, you see, and dreadfully modish. I must admit, I marvelled at the array of newspaper clippings on the floor, and was in the middle of reading one particular item--about the demise of the pet hamster--when my escort forcibly removed me into our seats, muttering about the shame...
...VISITOR TO CANADA ASKED A NATIVE WHAT item he might bring home that would represent the Canadian character. The reply: "An inferiority complex...
...flint-stone drill and blade. A sloeberry, probably his snack food, was found at the site, along with two mushrooms strung on a knotted leather cord. The mushrooms have infection-fighting properties and may have been part of the world's oldest-known first-aid kit. The only decorative item, possibly a talisman, was a small, doughnut-shaped stone disk, with a tassel of string...
...have the same ailment. (I predict that honey-roasted songbirds will be the snack of choice by then because they will turn out to be the last remaining edible creature that is domestically plentiful, low in fat and still has not been made into a trendy snack item...
...poetry is so serious, though nearly all is thought-provoking. His reading included humorous pieces through which, Wallace said, he attempts to "give dignity to commonplace things." Among those "commonplace things." Among those "commonplace things" were artichokes, bananas, galvanized corrugated iron, can openers and men's underwear--the last item earned chuckles from the audience and a wry smile from Wallace-Crabbe's wife Marianne...