Word: necks
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...brought a shirt he received when he won a crew race. Since I forgot to bring an actual thing—I would have brought my skateboard (just kidding)—I had to talk about the enormous headphones that happened to be sitting on my neck. Suddenly they were going to be my identity...
...were silently walking our boat back to the trailer, my mind raced. For a few seconds I replayed some of the happier moments I had enjoyed at that regatta; jubilantly crossing the finish line, having a gold medal hung on my neck, and, finally, getting ceremoniously tossed into the water by my crew. Of course these memories weren’t exactly satisfying—since they only served to remind me of not winning—so my mind continued to turn as I walked alongside the boat, making sure it didn’t nick any parked cars...
...turn to be judged on my fashion sense. By 5:30 p.m. on a Friday, the Buffalo Exchange store in Brooklyn is buzzing. After scouring the racks, I find my very own bargain: a short-sleeve, scoop-neck black shirt for $7.50. It probably retailed for $25 not three months ago. "That's a good, basic summer shirt," says Stevenson approvingly when I show her my purchase. I leave the store with a smile, pleased that my choice has passed muster with a pro. But for $7.50, it really doesn't matter. At this price, there are no fashion victims...
...tough call, but I'll put my neck out on this one. Notwithstanding Tuesday's performance and the obfuscation of search data thanks to Sanjaya's hair and Antonella's wet T-shirt pics, going into this week's finale, I predict: advantage Blake...
Those scenes, caught in shocking candor by someone's digital camera, played over and over last week in the world's newspapers and magazines and across the airwaves. Jarring new examples emerged: the same female soldier, holding a leash wrapped around the neck of a naked prisoner cringing at her feet. Even when the shots were pixilated or cropped for modesty, nothing could hide the raw cruelty of U.S. soldiers ridiculing the manhood of Iraqi captives. Of all places, these atrocities occurred at Abu Ghraib prison, once the infamous home of Saddam Hussein's torture chambers...