Word: manual
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unlike Stephen King's blockbusters, the best sellers churned out by Tom Clancy always seem as though they are written for readers who would otherwise head for the beach with the newest edition of a Jane's defense manual nestled alongside their sunblock. Only in a Clancy opus are M1A2 battle tanks, F-16 planes and C-5B Galaxy transports sprinkled through the text more liberally than punctuation...
...went at Kessler. Some days fear, some peace, some resentment. He had started out at Kessler "with a kind of arrogance and denial," but then began to accept the institute as the locus of his recovery. A nurse named Patty forced him to read a manual on spinal-cord injuries (he had refused at first). He read about the effect of paralysis on respiratory problems, on bowels. He read about sexual activity. He read about the dangers to which he was prone, like dysreflexia, a condition most commonly resulting from a clogged bowel or urinary tract, which the patient cannot...
...week of compelling track and field and a fortnight of exhilarating Olympic performances, Johnson's golden shoes left the biggest imprint. The Atlanta Games will and should be remembered for the bomb that killed Alice Hawthorne, 44, of Albany, Georgia, and they will and should serve as a manual on how not to transport people. But the sports themselves moved millions in Atlanta and at home. Track and field, in particular, was a treasure trove: a ninth gold medal for Carl Lewis in the long jump; redemption for Dan O'Brien in the decathlon; a world record...
After my first panel experience, I was never called again. I did a lot of reading and generally sweated away for two more days until, at last, freedom was mine. In the "New York State Juror's Manual," which we each received, the conclusion reads: "Whether or not you are selected to serve on a case during your term of service, by your presence, availability and willingness to serve, you are making an invaluable contribution to the administration of justice." And that, of course, makes all the difference...
...that I get to carry heavy boxes and, when I am really lucky, enter data in the computer. Of course, they keep telling me how good I am at my job (I don't go to Harvard for nothing), so I could think about a career in stuffing or manual labor...