Word: namo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time we reached the outskirts of Boston I was positive someone had told the police, because there was a barricade across the highway where it reached Route 128. The barricade looked rather formidable to me, but Namo told me he had dealt with them before and they were really nothing to worry about. We did dent the car rather badly when Namo steered it straight on through the line of squad cars, but we only damaged a few officers in our flight...
...places where one can actually obtain Name Brand Merchandise at Low, Low Prices. You've heard the claim made of many a store, no doubt. Most are simply pretenders, with prices that aren't really low, or brands that aren't quite up to snuff. But Namo and I, we knew just what we were doing...
...always with the image before us of that one great present. As we discussed our plans with those around us on the train we met nothing but discouragement, but we would not listen to doubters. To much hung in balance. While we talked I grew nervous, and Namo's palms were sweating. At this point Christmas was less than nine hours away...
When we reached the bargain basement itself, Namo passed into a trance--like state, staring at the islands of gods-at-slashed-prices, shouldering his way roughly through the crowd of rabid shoppers, and stopping now and then to pick up an item for closer examination, or to give it a trial squeeze. I followed Namo, partly because he seemed to be onto something, and partly because he was unstoppable. The apotheosis of the rational consumer, he weighed and considered, clutched tightly then stepped back, fondled and dismissed. I began to get the sense that nothing would please...
...Namo," I cried, as he rejected a sweater of pure Scottish wool for $6.98, "you're crazy. You can never do as well as you hope to. You've got to settle. You've got to take what's here...