Search Details

Word: magically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...another pen, lying a few feet away. Picking up the second pen, he suddenly became aware that, through some bizarre biological mishap, a single Bic pen had reproduced itself a thousand times, throughout the library's reference room. Pens were stacked in piles on the shelves, magic-markers were falling out of wastebaskets, a bagfull of fine-points was spilled on the floor...

Author: By John A. Spritz, | Title: Pranks and embarrassments | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

...that intersection, I romantically dallied with a girlfriend in the small park outside of Grendel's. The magic of that summer moment was somewhat dimmed, however, when we spied a businessman urinating in the bushes not five feet away...

Author: By John A. Spritz, | Title: Pranks and embarrassments | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

...Pine Manor--a women's school tucked away in surburban Brookline next to a country club--that held promise. Rumor had it that Harvard men were special there. The alleged magic of the school name might work. As Walter put it to himself in more rational terms, the probable benefits in companionship, when weighed against the necessary exertion to try for them, seemed to make the trip worth the gamble. He planned to make an expedition...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Taking the party line on women's colleges | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

...Walter noticed that most of the men were from other schools. He wore his crimson jacket as though it were a badge of rank. He took his place against a wall, put one foot in front of the other to hide the hole in his pants, and waited for magic. He had all the right clothes...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Taking the party line on women's colleges | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

...Probably more out of annoyance than anything else, the women turned around to look at Tom and Mike. But the two Harvard men decided it was not annoyance but the college that had worked for them. They decided they had found what the women were really interested in--the magic name...

Author: By George K. Sweetnam, | Title: Taking the party line on women's colleges | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

Previous | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | Next