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Word: jolts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Orion" means. Are our futures really that predetermined? And of course "the past is irredeemable"--It's already happened; it's gone. It's tautologies like that that make me lash out in my mind at Winterson and scream: "Just get on with your bloody beautiful tale!" These moments jolt readers back into their reality, into an annoying self-consciousness. Consider this silly offering from an otherwise tantalizing "Atlantic Crossing:" "God knows, we need what footholds we can find on the glass mountain of our existence." It's rather demeaning when authors--or anyone for that matter--thump their superior...

Author: By Gregory J. Wrenn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bloody, Beautiful Book | 3/19/1999 | See Source »

...while we lack the snazzy conveyor belt that showered, clothed, primped and fed the Jetsons, we can still speed through our minutiae. No more blaming our short attention spans on Sesame Street. Datesite is convenient. Here are some names--find me a date while I dash off for more Jolt and recharge my cell phone. Hand over the remote control and bring on the Ping Pong Network...

Author: By Andrew K. Mandel, | Title: Endpaper: Due Apprehension in a Brave New World | 2/18/1999 | See Source »

Unlike Reidt, celebrity chef Nick Stellino wasless eager to please and more ready to jolt casualculinary browsers...

Author: By James P. Mcfadden, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Boston Food Expo Titillates Taste Buds | 1/20/1999 | See Source »

They have gangsta lyrics, they scowl under dreads, and they make cryptic yet suspect handsigns. I was afraid of them from the start. And then when I tremulously put them in my ear, it was an injection of liquid electricity that made me twitch and jolt through the album. They are good...

Author: By Phua MEI Pin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Zebras Get Out of Orange County | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

...good news is that students craving dessert or an after-dinner jolt of java can enter Herrell's Ice Cream and Starbucks in the Square and it won't make a difference. A scoop of ice cream or a latte cost the same at the heart of Boston's Newbury Street as it does right outside the Yard...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: A SQUARE DEAL | 12/15/1998 | See Source »

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