Word: lilliputian
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Lunch and dinner have become painful ordeals for all involved, as crowds of students schlep their trays from the already Lilliputian serving area out of the dining hall and up to the doors of the always locked Junior Common Room. Students seeking refuge in the JCR have repeatedly been ejected so that the opera cast can rehearse, leaving them nowhere to go but into exile. We've even spotted them grumbling over breakfast at Adams and Quincy. There may be only one answer: artistic sabotage...
...placed second in the all-around competition; Dominique Dawes, 18, who came in fourth; and Kerri Strug, 17, who finished fifth. The intervening years have added height and weight to their frames and a maturity to their faces that lent new elegance and expressiveness to their performances. The only Lilliputian in the 38-woman field was 4 ft.-5 in., 70-lb. Dominique Moceanu, who finished first by .200 of a point. And even she, at 13, was something of a '92 veteran, having been a standout back then in the junior pack. All this bodes well for Atlanta...
...with her, andshe expressed grave displeasure. Where exactly didI transfer form?, she inquired. the AmericanCollege of Singapore, I answered, Well, Idefinitely needed to take Expose, she said, and itwas imperative I go to the writing center before Iever tried to hand in a paper she assigned. Yes, Iagreed, feeling lilliputian. Maybe I'munaccustomed to the standards at Harvard, I said.This isn't about Harvard, she said indignantly.I've taught at major universities across the U.S.,and I demand the same of everyone. Looks, she saidfinally, if you ever hand in a paper like this fora grade, I'll have...
...wonder what will happen, To the titan, and the lilliputian, Perhaps the `dogs shall be champs, Or maybe not, if they are damped, Then their win tallies would be none, But that would be just...
Think small. Now think smaller still. For in the lilliputian wonderland that scientists have begun to explore, a grain of rice looms as large as an asteroid, a droplet of water as wide as an inland...