Word: lunching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...example, an Eliot chef who usually works the afternoon-evening shift came to work at 7:30 a.m. one recent morning to start prepping for lunch and dinner...
...contraption in which they roll, fall and bounce according to fundamental laws set forth three centuries ago. Or they awaken to the subtleties of modern chaos theory by sending a set of gangly-armed pendulums into seemingly random gyrations. For lighter fare, they line up at the Gadget Cafe "lunch counter" to work with a smorgasbord of hinges, coffeepots and other items. Using screwdrivers, scissors and pliers from the utensil rack, they build such original toys as tabletop cars powered by mousetrap springs...
...camera overhead, I know I'm being recorded; the camera is usually right out there for me and everyone else to see. When I use my credit card to buy a meal, I know that American Express is recording that I've chalked up yet another overpriced expense-account lunch. And I know that AmEx knows...
...leaf folders put me in a plain room with a large mirror that I somehow know is one-way glass. They tell me I'm a focus group, all by myself. They assure me that I'll be paid $50 for my cooperation and be provided with a box lunch, choice of chicken-salad sandwich or smoked-turkey-and-arugula wrap. I should be aware, they say, that my lunch choice, coordinated with my party registration and weighted for my age and sex, will be used as one of the predictors of who will occupy the White House after January...
...suits look a little bit hurt. They look through their loose-leaf notebooks. Finally, one of them says, "What's your choice on the box lunch...